Dovecot at Blackford Farm is a Grade II* listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. A Medieval Dovecot.
Dovecot at Blackford Farm
- WRENN ID
- half-alcove-evening
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1969
- Type
- Dovecot
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Dovecot at Blackford Farm, Selworthy, Somerset
- OS grid reference
- SS 924 452
- Coordinates
- 51.1966, -3.54028
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecot at Blackford Farm is a late medieval structure built from coursed random rubble, with some areas roughcast. It features a conical stone roof that rises from a moulded cornice and is open at the center. The dovecot is circular in plan and has a square-headed plank door with a renewed brick lintel. Inside, there are 11 tiers of irregularly spaced nesting boxes that rise to the eaves level, totaling an estimated 302 boxes. There is no evidence of a potence or other interior features. The manor house at Blackford was destroyed by fire in 1875, and the dovecot was acquired by the National Trust in 1944. It is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 207).
Local climate
Dovecot at Blackford Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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