Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1986. Dovecote.
Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- grey-ledge-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1986
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote, Scroggs Lane, Snape with Thorp
- OS grid reference
- SE 242 834
- Coordinates
- 54.24607, -1.62971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a dovecote located at Watlass Moor House, likely dating from the 17th century. It is constructed of rubblestone and features a stone slate roof. The dovecote is round in shape and has a board door along with small square openings situated below the eaves. The roof is conical with a rounded top. Inside, there are 19th-century terracotta cylindrical nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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