Dovecote North of Bunkershill is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1976. Dovecote. 1 related planning application.

Dovecote North of Bunkershill

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 December 1976
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote North of Bunkershill, Orton Road, Beaumont, CA2 6RA
OS grid reference
NY 367 547
Coordinates
54.88333, -2.98796
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A former dovecote dating to the late 18th or early 19th century, situated north of Bunkershill. The dovecote is constructed of mixed river cobbles and red sandstone rubble, with a graduated Welsh slate roof and glover. It has a circular plan and is two storeys high. A plank door is located on the ground floor, and there is a loft to the rear. The roof was re-slated in the early 1970s, and the glover is fitted with louvred wooden slats. The interior retains its original brick boulins, which would have supported approximately 500 nests. Further details can be found in the publication Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, old series, ix, pp424-5.

Local climate

Dovecote North of Bunkershill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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