Dovecote Attached to the North East Corner of Charlton House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Dovecote.
Dovecote Attached to the North East Corner of Charlton House
- WRENN ID
- south-flagstone-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote Attached to the North East Corner of Charlton House, TA11 6AD
- OS grid reference
- ST 529 290
- Coordinates
- 51.0592, -2.67271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dovecote attached to the northeast corner of Charlton House dates from the 18th century or earlier. It is constructed from local lias stone that is cut and squared, with a Welsh slate roof over stone slate base courses. The structure features coped gables with gabletted finials and has a brick chimney stack. It stands two storeys high and consists of a single bay. There are plain doors located in the north wall and in the east wall, which is accessed by a flight of stone steps above. The undercroft is said to have housed former ovens, although these were not seen. The upper floor serves as the dovecote, accommodating around 500 nests within its four walls. It has two close double-collar roof trusses flanking the former aperture for the birds, which is now blocked. The square plan of this dovecote is unusual for this part of Somerset, making it significant in relation to Charlton House.
Local climate
Dovecote Attached to the North East Corner of Charlton House 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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