Dovecot to the North West of Newtimber Place is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1957. Dovecot. 4 related planning applications.
Dovecot to the North West of Newtimber Place
- WRENN ID
- deep-thatch-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1957
- Type
- Dovecot
- Address
- Dovecot to the North West of Newtimber Place, BN6 9BU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 268 137
- Coordinates
- 50.90931, -0.19753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 17th-century dovecote situated to the north-west of Newtimber Place, outside the north-west angle of the moat. The structure is octagonal and constructed with flint facing, accented by red brick quoins and stringcourses. It has a pyramidal roof covered in Horsham slabs, culminating in a cupola at the apex. The dovecote retains its original nesting boxes and a double potence.
Local climate
Dovecot to the North West of Newtimber Place receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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