Dovecote and attached wall to east of Riverside Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1984. Dovecote.
Dovecote and attached wall to east of Riverside Hotel
- WRENN ID
- low-bailey-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1984
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote and attached wall to east of Riverside Hotel, Fennel Street, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 194 696
- Coordinates
- 53.22365, -1.71075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a dovecote located to the east of the Riverside Hotel, dating from the late 19th century. It is constructed from coursed limestone and gritstone rubble, topped with a plain tile roof that features overhanging eaves and gabled dormers on all four sides. At the top, there is a wooden octagonal cupola. The dovecote is single-storey and has a circular plan, with a flush window on the west side and a plank door on the north side. To the east, there is an attached wall with rubble copings. This structure is included in the listing for its group value.
Local climate
Dovecote and attached wall to east of Riverside Hotel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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