Dovecote in Grounds of Shapwick Manor is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1963. Dovecote.
Dovecote in Grounds of Shapwick Manor
- WRENN ID
- grey-rotunda-sparrow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 March 1963
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote in Grounds of Shapwick Manor, Station Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 417 383
- Coordinates
- 51.14184, -2.83371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote in the grounds of Shapwick Manor is a medieval structure that underwent restoration in the 18th and 19th centuries and was re-roofed in the 20th century. It is built from coursed and squared lias rubble of two distinctly different types and features a conical slate roof topped with a polygonal wooden turret. The turret has pilasters at each angle and arches designed for doves, along with a domed lead roof and a wrought-iron finial. The dovecote is circular in plan and has a plinth with an offset on the west side. There is a low door opening with a dressed stone surround and a plank door fitted with strap hinges. The east side has three two-stage buttresses, and a non-conforming three-light casement window has been inserted high up on the west side. Inside, the dovecote is lined with nesting holes that extend from the floor to the eaves level.
Local climate
Dovecote in Grounds of Shapwick Manor receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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