Stable and Dovecot, About 20 Metres North West of Fairfield House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Stable, dovecot.
Stable and Dovecot, About 20 Metres North West of Fairfield House
- WRENN ID
- peeling-doorway-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Stable, dovecot
- OS grid reference
- ST 187 430
- Coordinates
- 51.18047, -3.164
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stable and dovecot, located about 20 metres northwest of Fairfield House, dates from the late 18th century. The stable is constructed of blue lias random rubble, while the dovecot is made of brick with an irregular banc and has a rendered facade facing the house. Both structures feature shallow pitch pantile roofs with coped verges and gabled sides on the dovecot.
The stable is a plain block with a two-storey dovecot situated above a central carriageway entrance. The facade facing the house has a layout of 2:1:2 bays, with large 19th-century transomed windows that have fixed upper lights and casements below. The carriageway entrance has a depressed arch with a brick arch and exposed quoins, and there is a round arch opening above. Access to the dovecot is provided by a lateral stair made of metal rods, and there is a basket arch opening to the pigeon loft featuring two lancet windows and a circular opening at the gable end. The rear elevation is unlit.
A wooden bell-cote with a lead roof and weathervane is present on the structure. Inside, the stable has a kingpost roof, while the dovecot retains its contemporary fittings, including nesting boxes and a potence.
Local climate
Stable and Dovecot, About 20 Metres North West of Fairfield House receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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