Wall and Dovecote of Orchard 50 Metres South of Longwood Estate Office is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1983. Wall and dovecote.
Wall and Dovecote of Orchard 50 Metres South of Longwood Estate Office
- WRENN ID
- floating-cornice-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1983
- Type
- Wall and dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SU 541 247
- Coordinates
- 51.01931, -1.22947
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and dovecote at Orchard, located 50 meters south of the Longwood Estate Office, were built around 1880 by G. Devey. The wall is made of brick with stone dressings and features a tile coping. It includes an archway and is attached to the end of a well house, sloping down from a height of 3 meters to 2.5 meters. Next to the ramp is a gateway wall that also slopes down halfway along. The dovecote, positioned at the end of the wall, is circular and constructed of flint with brick dressings, topped with an old plain tile roof. It has a single low brick door opening for access from the yard, overhanging eaves, and an octagonal cupola on top with open sides for birds to enter. The interior of the dovecote has been converted into a fruit shed, with nesting boxes replaced by shelves, although a ladder remains.
Local climate
Wall and Dovecote of Orchard 50 Metres South of Longwood Estate Office receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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