Dovecote Above Portmeirion Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 August 2002. Dovecote.

Dovecote Above Portmeirion Hotel

WRENN ID
gilded-banister-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 August 2002
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote Above Portmeirion Hotel, Penrhyndeudraeth, LL48 6ER
OS grid reference
SH 589 370
Coordinates
52.91205, -4.09966
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a rubble dovecote shaped like a cylindrical tower, located above the Portmeirion Hotel. The upper part features four tiers of nesting boxes, each with square openings and continuous projecting slate ledges. At the top, the structure is topped with a rendered balustrade that has slatestone capping.

Local climate

Dovecote Above Portmeirion Hotel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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