Dovecote About 50 Metres North West of Holbrook House Hotel (Not Included in List) is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. Dovecote.
Dovecote About 50 Metres North West of Holbrook House Hotel (Not Included in List)
- WRENN ID
- errant-bracket-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- ST 690 285
- Coordinates
- 51.05521, -2.44309
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote located about 50 metres north-west of Holbrook House Hotel, possibly dating from the 18th century. It is constructed from local stone, rendered with red brick linings, and features a conoid plain clay tiled roof topped with a stone crown. The dovecote is circular in shape and has a segmental arched doorway on the south side, with a 4-light unglazed window above it in a matching opening, which may have been added later. There is a similar window on the north side. The crown of the dovecote includes an upstand for bird arches and is finished with a ball finial. Inside, the nesting holes are all lined with brick.
Local climate
Dovecote About 50 Metres North West of Holbrook House Hotel (Not Included in List) receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2017
- No related consent applications matched
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