Church Path Cottage and Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Church Path Cottage and Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- quartered-buttress-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Church Path Cottage and Dovecote, Parsonage Road, West Camel, BA22 7QB
- OS grid reference
- ST 579 246
- Coordinates
- 51.01927, -2.60038
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Path Cottage and Dovecote is a cottage with an integral dovecote that has origins dating back to the 15th century, although it has been mostly altered in the 18th century and later. The building is constructed from local stone that is roughly coursed, topped with plain clay tiles between coped gables, and features brick end chimney stacks. It is two stories tall with three bays of 20th-century windows.
On the rear wall, there is a 15th-century doorway that has a plain chamfered segmental pointed arch, surrounded by what appears to be old stonework. The interior has been significantly altered in the late 20th century, but the thick west gable wall still contains ovens and other features.
Attached to the west gable is a substantial 18th-century dovecote, built in matching construction. This dovecote is of full height and has a ball finial on the coping. There is a timber window halfway up the west wall, and above it are ten triangular openings for birds, arranged in a pyramid shape of four, three, two, and one. The dovecote can accommodate approximately 350 birds and is considered an unusual survival, possibly linked to the large Rectory dovecote located just across the road.
Local climate
Church Path Cottage and Dovecote receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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