Dovecote 30 Metres North West of the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1984. A C18 Dovecote.

Dovecote 30 Metres North West of the Old Rectory

WRENN ID
rusted-gateway-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 December 1984
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote 30 Metres North West of the Old Rectory, DT2 9BW
OS grid reference
SY 534 888
Coordinates
50.69721, -2.66053
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This 18th-century dovecote is located 30 metres north-west of The Old Rectory in Puncknowle. It features rubble-stone walls and a half-hipped stone slab roof, with one open storey. The entrance is situated on the south gable wall, consisting of a wooden plank door framed with wood and topped with a lintel. Inside, there are pigeon-holes made of rubble-stone on three of the walls. The interior also includes a tie-beam roof construction, which has been largely renewed.

Local climate

Dovecote 30 Metres North West of the Old Rectory receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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