Dovecote North East of the Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1979. A C18 Dovecote. 1 related planning application.

Dovecote North East of the Manor

WRENN ID
final-moat-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1979
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote North East of the Manor, Hesket, CA4 0JS
OS grid reference
NY 453 464
Coordinates
54.81035, -2.85174
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a late 18th-century dovecote situated north-east of The Manor, formerly recorded as being north-east of Barrock Park. The dovecote is constructed of rendered rubble with a coved stone cornice, and is topped with a graduated greenslate roof featuring lead ridges. A small, arcaded wooden drum and ogee lead cupola rise from the roof, surmounted by a fox vane. The dovecote is octagonal, featuring plank doors set in alternate-block surrounds, and fixed windows with glazing bars within raised stone surrounds. Inside, the walls are lined with stone shelves and nesting boxes, and a platform is present, but there is no potence.

Local climate

Dovecote North East of the Manor sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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