Dovecote 40 Metres South of Manor House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1959. Dovecote, garage.
Dovecote 40 Metres South of Manor House Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- weathered-transept-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1959
- Type
- Dovecote, garage
- OS grid reference
- ST 468 260
- Coordinates
- 51.03092, -2.75924
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a dovecote, now converted into a garage, located 40 metres south of Manor House Farmhouse. It is probably of medieval origin and is constructed from local lias stone that has been cut and squared. The roof is covered with double Roman clay tiles and features stepped coped gables with gabletted finials. The dovecote has a double square plan and originally accommodated about 650 birds, with capacity increased by about 130 when a dividing wall was added, likely during the 18th century when the roof was renewed. The original doorways were presumably on the north side, which now has 20th-century garage openings. There is a lean-to on this side with garage doors, and a small timber-framed opening with a central iron bar is located high in the south wall.
Local climate
Dovecote 40 Metres South of Manor House Farmhouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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