Dovecote Circa 40 Metres South of Mill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1960. Dovecote.
Dovecote Circa 40 Metres South of Mill Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- peeling-steel-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1960
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SO 917 277
- Coordinates
- 51.94859, -2.12197
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dovecote, located approximately 40 meters south of Mill Farmhouse, dates back to 1741, as indicated by a rectangular limestone plaque above a segmental-headed window on the left side. The structure is built of brick set on a limestone plinth and features a stone slate roof. It has a segmental-headed doorway with a heavy-pegged frame on the north-facing gable. The roof is cross-gabled and includes a central lantern, with an additional cross-gabled roof at the apex topped by a finial. Inside, the dovecote contains pigeon holes that extend from the ground floor upwards, created by wooden planks arranged horizontally and vertically.
Local climate
Dovecote Circa 40 Metres South of Mill Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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