Dovecote 10 Metres South of Mapperton House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1951. Dovecote.
Dovecote 10 Metres South of Mapperton House
- WRENN ID
- ghost-iron-amber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1951
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SY 503 996
- Coordinates
- 50.79418, -2.70579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote, located 10 metres south of Mapperton House, dates back to 1665, as indicated by the initials "R.B." on the door lintel. It features rubble-stone walls with stone quoins and a slate roof, complemented by stone gable-copings and moulded apex-blocks. The structure is rectangular in shape, with a doorway in the centre of the north wall that has straight-chamfered jambs and a very depressed-arch head. Each gable has a small single light that serves as a louvre. Inside, there are approximately 300 pigeon-holes.
Local climate
Dovecote 10 Metres South of Mapperton 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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