Dovecote Approximatley 50 Metres West South West of Parsonage Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximatley 50 Metres West South West of Parsonage Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- noble-chalk-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SD 495 795
- Coordinates
- 54.20962, -2.77451
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located approximately 50 meters west-south-west of Parsonage Farmhouse, dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with quoins and slate through-stones, topped with a graduated greenslate roof. The dovecote has a square plan, featuring a door in the north gable and an opening at a higher level in the south gable. Inside, the walls are limewashed, and it has a three-bay roof with six layers of nesting holes, three in each layer.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximatley 50 Metres West South West of Parsonage Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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