Dovecote, 60 Yards to South West of Church Farmhouse 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, 60 Yards to South West of Church Farmhouse

WRENN ID
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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 771 619
Coordinates
51.35585, -2.32936
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This dovecote, located 60 yards southwest of Church Farmhouse, likely dates from the late 16th century. It is built of coursed rubble with squared ashlar blocks, featuring freestone quoins and dressings. The roof is double Roman tiled, complete with moulded coping and finials at the gables. The structure is rectangular in shape, with a central chamfered and segmental-headed doorway on the south side, and later square openings above and to the right. Both the east and west gables have 3-light casement windows with hollow chamfered mullions and surrounds, all under dripmoulds; however, the outer lights of the west window and all of the east window are blocked. Inside, there is an inserted floor supported by a chamfered beam, and the nesting holes in the upper part remain intact, constructed from finely sawn ashlar.

Local climate

Dovecote, 60 Yards to South West of Church Farmhouse receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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