Dovecote in Grounds of No 7 (Shapwick House Hotel) 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 No 7 (Shapwick House Hotel)

WRENN ID
tattered-terrace-russet
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 No 7 (Shapwick House Hotel), Monks Drive
OS grid reference
ST 417 387
Coordinates
51.14461, -2.83471
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 17th-century dovecote located in the grounds of No. 7, Shapwick House Hotel. It was re-roofed in 1983/84 after sustaining damage from a falling tree. The dovecote is constructed from coursed and squared lias rubble and features a plinth with an offset, an eaves cornice, and an octopartite slate roof, along with a restored lantern topped with an ogee-shaped lead roof. It has an octagonal plan and no window openings, with a low door opening on the west side that has a chamfered and dressed freestone surround. The interior is fully lined with nesting holes from the floor to the eaves, and there is a central octagonal pier that also contains nesting holes. It may have been built around the same time as Shapwick House Hotel.

Local climate

Dovecote in Grounds of No 7 (Shapwick House Hotel) 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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