Ruins of Dovecote North West of Court House Farm is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Dovecote.
Ruins of Dovecote North West of Court House Farm
- WRENN ID
- eternal-parapet-pearl
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1952
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Ruins of Dovecote North West of Court House Farm, Alciston, Wealden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 505 055
- Coordinates
- 50.83003, 0.1363
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of a former dovecote, located northwest of Court House Farm, date back to the medieval period, possibly the 14th century. The structure is likely square in shape and is faced with flints, featuring stone quoins and nesting boxes. There is a later arch in the east wall. The ruins currently consist of two bays; the northern bay is roofless and lacks the west and most of the north walls, but it still retains nesting boxes in the east and south walls. The southern bay has a lean-to roof and contains nesting boxes in the east and north walls. For further details, refer to Sussex Archaeological Collections, Volume 116 (1978).
Local climate
Ruins of Dovecote North West of Court House Farm receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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