Dovecot in the Grounds of the Refectory is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1960. Dovecot.
Dovecot in the Grounds of the Refectory
- WRENN ID
- calm-baluster-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1960
- Type
- Dovecot
- Address
- Dovecot in the Grounds of the Refectory, Portsmouth Road, Witley and Milford
- OS grid reference
- SU 952 423
- Coordinates
- 51.17205, -0.63949
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th-century dovecot is located in the grounds of The Refectory in Witley. It is timber framed and stands on nine staddle stones, featuring weatherboard cladding and a hipped, plain-tiled roof. At the center, there is a lantern with three tiers of nesting boxes beneath a square domed roof, topped with a weathervane. The dovecot has two plank doors on the left-hand return front.
Local climate
Dovecot in the Grounds of the Refectory receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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