Dovecote 15 Metres East of the Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. Dovecote.
Dovecote 15 Metres East of the Manor House
- WRENN ID
- seventh-cellar-amber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1984
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SY 512 951
- Coordinates
- 50.75371, -2.69272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located 15 metres east of the Manor House, dated 1747, featuring a sunk relief design with a chalice motif. The structure has rubble-stone walls and a slate roof with gable ends, and it is two storeys high. There is a doorway on the west wall with straight-chamfered jambs and a depressed-arch head, leading to a plank door. Above the door, there are three pigeon-holes with steps immediately under the eaves.
Local climate
Dovecote 15 Metres East of the Manor House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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