Dovecote is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1969. A Georgian Dovecote.
Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- burning-window-larch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1969
- Type
- Dovecote
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Dovecote, Forcett
- OS grid reference
- NZ 174 124
- Coordinates
- 54.50739, -1.73166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dovecote, located at Forcett Park, dates from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed from coursed sandstone, brick, Westmorland slate, wood, and lead, featuring a hexagonal plan with two stages. The lower stage has round-arched openings on each side, positioned between piers at the corners, which have bases and imposts. There is a band running around this stage. The upper stage contains blind round-arched openings with a sill band, and an impost band that extends across the panels. The spaces above the impost band are lunette-shaped, open on the north and south sides, while the other sides are blind. A moulded cornice crowns the structure, topped by a hipped roof. The dovecote has a wooden colonnaded cupola with a lead conical roof and a weather-vane, which was being replaced at the time of the last survey. Inside, the dovecote features a brick lining with nest-boxes positioned above the arcade.
Local climate
Dovecote receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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