Former Barn or Stables and Dovecote, 20 Metres North West of the Grange is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Barn, stables, dovecote.

Former Barn or Stables and Dovecote, 20 Metres North West of the Grange

WRENN ID
leaning-forge-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1985
Type
Barn, stables, dovecote
OS grid reference
ST 701 237
Coordinates
51.01217, -2.42713
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former barn or stables and dovecote, located 20 metres northwest of The Grange, dates back to the 18th century. It is constructed from local stone rubble with brickwork dressings and features a plain clay tile roof with timbered gables, along with one section that has stone slate base courses and brick chimney stacks. The building is single storey with an attic and consists of four bays. It has small pane casement windows and plain boarded doors, with the window in bay 2 and the door in bay 3 featuring a brick segmental arch. There are 20th-century dormers added to bays 2, 3, and 4. The east gable displays two semi-circular brick arched doorways, above which is a former dovecote that has apertures on either side of a central casement window, which is topped with a brick segmental keystoned arch. The westernmost bay is likely older than the rest of the structure. This building is significant in the setting of The Grange. The dovecote originally housed 700 pigeons. Additionally, large ammonites are incorporated into the walls, possibly placed there by Reverend John Wickham, a naturalist who died in 1783.

Local climate

Former Barn or Stables and Dovecote, 20 Metres North West of the Grange receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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