Dovecote at Staunton Court is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1954. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Staunton Court
- WRENN ID
- tattered-paling-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1954
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Staunton Court, Ledbury Road, GL19 3QS
- OS grid reference
- SO 781 291
- Coordinates
- 51.96052, -2.31889
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote at Staunton Court is a 17th-century structure. It features coursed, squared stone at the base, with close-studded timber framing above and painted brick nogging, topped by a tiled roof. The building is square and divided into three stages externally. Facing the yard, there is a boarded door in the center, with a stone lean-to projecting on the right side, which has a boarded door as well. The timber framing above the door head level is in two stages, with long braces connecting the corner posts to the sill of the lower stage, and thin slats forming rails in three panels. The second stage has no braces and includes a full-height, two-light window in the center. The roof is hipped, with a glover on a short ridge and a swept pyramid shape. The framing on the right return features braces to the corner posts at the top level. Inside, the dovecote is open to the roof, with walls lined in brick and said to accommodate 1,000 nests, complete with ledges. It has two trusses with collar and tie beams, three vertical struts, and principals joined at the top by a yoke, with one pair of purlins. The dovecote forms a group with the nearby church, house, and other farm buildings.
Local climate
Dovecote at Staunton Court receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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