Dovecote Approximately 80 Metres East of Warleigh House is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1960. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 80 Metres East of Warleigh House
- WRENN ID
- carved-zinc-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 March 1960
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SX 457 616
- Coordinates
- 50.43481, -4.17322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located approximately 80 metres east of Warleigh House, dating from the early 18th century. It has a circular plan and is constructed of red brick in a roughly Flemish bond, sitting on a stone rubble plinth. The roof is conical, made of scantle slate, and features a wooden lantern with a conical roof topped by a ball finial and a weather vane. The entrance is a reused moulded granite doorway with a 4-centred arch and spandrels, which is fitted with an old nail-studded door. Inside, the dovecote contains about 500 nesting holes.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 80 Metres East of Warleigh House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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