Dovecote Immediately to North West of Harlyn House is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. A Georgian Dovecote.

Dovecote Immediately to North West of Harlyn House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1988
Type
Dovecote
Period
Georgian
Address
Dovecote Immediately to North West of Harlyn House, St. Merryn
OS grid reference
SW 871 751
Coordinates
50.53687, -5.00452
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a dovecote located immediately to the northwest of Harlyn House. It is likely from the 18th century and constructed from stone rubble, brick, and slate. The dovecote features a pillar type design, consisting of an octagonal stone rubble pillar that supports a circular lantern-shaped cote made of red brick on a circular base. It has five tiers of pigeon-holes with slate ledges. The roof is conical and is probably corbelled. This is a very rare type of dovecote and may be unique in Cornwall.

Local climate

Dovecote Immediately to North West of Harlyn House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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