Dovecote, 100 Yards to Rear of Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1956. Dovecote.
Dovecote, 100 Yards to Rear of Manor House
- WRENN ID
- gentle-stronghold-sedge
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1956
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- ST 740 583
- Coordinates
- 51.32378, -2.3739
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, located 100 yards behind the Manor House, dates from the 17th century or earlier. It is a circular structure made of coursed rubble with an ashlar interior and features a conical thatched roof. The walls have an irregular series of entrance holes. There is a low square beaded door on the south side with a wooden surround, and a tall door on the west side that is accessed by three steps. The dovecote has two storeys, with all the lower nesting holes open and the upper ones blocked.
Local climate
Dovecote, 100 Yards to Rear of Manor House receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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