Dovecote About 15 Metres South of the Stable Block to Brympton House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Dovecote.

Dovecote About 15 Metres South of the Stable Block to Brympton House

WRENN ID
dusk-sill-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 October 1987
Type
Dovecote
OS grid reference
ST 518 154
Coordinates
50.93623, -2.68629
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This dovecote, located about 15 metres south of the stable block at Brympton House, is likely from the early 20th century. It is constructed from ham stone and features a cedarwood crown. The base consists of three circular stone steps leading up to a chamfered square block that supports a Doric column topped with a slab. Above this is a hexagonal wooden structure with a hipped roof and a knob finial. Each face of the dovecote has two semi-circular arched bird holes, one positioned above the other, with the upper hole being a slightly modified version of the original design shown in the book "Garden Ornament" by Gertrude Jekyll and Christopher Hussey, published in London in 1927.

Local climate

Dovecote About 15 Metres South of the Stable Block to Brympton House 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 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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