Dovecote 40 Metres South East of Folke is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1984. Dovecote, agricultural building.
Dovecote 40 Metres South East of Folke
- WRENN ID
- ghost-chamber-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1984
- Type
- Dovecote, agricultural building
- OS grid reference
- ST 660 132
- Coordinates
- 50.91783, -2.48485
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, located 40 meters southeast of Folke, is now used as an agricultural building. It dates from the 16th century or early 17th century and features coursed rubble walls topped with a gable-ended roof made of corrugated iron. The north wall shows the remains of a door with a four-centred arch. Inside, the north and south walls contain stone nesting compartments. The roof structure was added in the 20th century.
Local climate
Dovecote 40 Metres South East of Folke receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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