Dovecote to North West of Zeals House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Dovecote.
Dovecote to North West of Zeals House
- WRENN ID
- little-string-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- ST 795 319
- Coordinates
- 51.08625, -2.29287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote located to the northwest of Zeals House is likely from the late 18th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone and features a tiled pyramidal roof with a central wooden louvre. The structure is square and single-storey. Both the east and west sides have planked doors, with the west side also displaying pierced wooden pigeon holes above the door and a dentilled brick eaves cornice. Inside, the walls are lined with stone pigeon boxes, and there are two queen-post roof trusses.
Local climate
Dovecote to North West of Zeals House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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