Dovecote in Churchyard North of Church of St Kentigern is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1985. A C17 Dovecote.

Dovecote in Churchyard North of Church of St Kentigern

WRENN ID
twelfth-lantern-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1985
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote in Churchyard North of Church of St Kentigern, King Street, Aspatria
OS grid reference
NY 147 419
Coordinates
54.76535, -3.32666
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dovecote located in the churchyard north of the Church of St Kentigern is likely from the 17th century and is currently used as a store. It features whitewashed red sandstone walls topped with a greenslate roof that has sandstone hips. The structure is square and consists of a single storey. There is a plank door on the side in a plain, altered opening, and a stone shelf is positioned halfway up the front wall. The only other openings are the open gablets in the roof. The interior is believed to still have some boulins. Originally situated behind the vicarage and part of its garden, it is now within the extended 20th-century churchyard.

Local climate

Dovecote in Churchyard North of Church of St Kentigern sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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