Tannery's Dovecote at North End of Village is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. Dovecote. 1 related planning application.

Tannery's Dovecote at North End of Village

WRENN ID
moated-garret-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 April 1984
Type
Dovecote
Address
Tannery's Dovecote at North End of Village, Temple Sowerby, CA10 1SD
OS grid reference
NY 611 274
Coordinates
54.64028, -2.60409
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a late 18th or early 19th century dovecote, originally part of a tannery complex. It was built to fill a gap between two single-story workshops. The dovecote is constructed of snecked rubble with quoins, incorporating knapped river boulders in a checkerboard pattern. It has a hipped roof covered with graduated slate tiles, featuring open gablets and a wrought-iron weather vane at the ridge. The dovecote has two stories, with openings for birds located below the eaves. A loft access door, situated at the rear, has a shouldered lintel. Single-story tannery workshops, which have been extensively altered, are attached to the dovecote but are not included in the listing.

Local climate

Tannery's Dovecote at North End of Village sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 2003
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