Lamorran dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 2020. Dovecote.
Lamorran dovecote
- WRENN ID
- scattered-sill-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 2020
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Lamorran dovecote, Nr Lamorran, Truro, St. Michael Penkevil, TR2 4HT
- OS grid reference
- SW 877 418
- Coordinates
- 50.2381, -4.97792
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lamorran dovecote is a late 17th century or early 18th century structure, located approximately 80 meters west of Lamorran Glebe Farmhouse.
This dovecote, also known as a culverhouse, is built from slate-stone rubble and timber and is situated on a sloping site near a track that runs alongside a tributary of the River Fal. This tributary was dammed in the 19th century to create fishponds as part of the landscaping for the Tregothnan estate. The dovecote is circular, measuring about 11 feet (3 meters) in diameter, and features a domed roof with a thickened wall on the downhill side. Inside, there are around 300 nest holes, some of which have narrow slate cills.
The entrance doorway is located on the south-east side and has a timber frame and lintel, although there is no door. Above the internal side of the entrance is a larger lintel made from a tree-branch. The roof is partially covered with corrugated iron sheets, which have collapsed into the interior of the dovecote. The internal walls are partially lime-rendered.
Local climate
Lamorran dovecote receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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