Dovecote Circa 100 Yards South of Redheugh Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1988. Dovecote.

Dovecote Circa 100 Yards South of Redheugh Farmhouse

WRENN ID
spare-gravel-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland National Park
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 January 1988
Type
Dovecote
OS grid reference
NY 783 883
Coordinates
55.18935, -2.34089
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a dovecote located about 100 yards south of Redheugh Farmhouse, dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of dressed stone with ashlar dressings and features a Welsh slate roof. The dovecote is square and has two storeys, with rusticated quoins. There is a doorway on the ground floor and a round-headed entry for doves above. The roof is pyramidal in shape.

Local climate

Dovecote Circa 100 Yards South of Redheugh Farmhouse receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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