Dovecote at Garthewin is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 July 1998. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Garthewin
- WRENN ID
- seventh-latch-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Conwy
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1998
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Garthewin, Llanfair Talhaiarn
- OS grid reference
- SH 914 702
- Coordinates
- 53.21857, -3.62759
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The dovecote at Garthewin is a square structure with two-and-a-half stages, built from rubble wall construction, with some original lime render still visible. It has a brick interior skin and is currently roofless. There are brick stringcourses separating the stages, with the upper stringcourse featuring offset dentilations between two header courses, while the lower one is plain. The gabled sides are capped with sandstone slabs and have rounded sandstone kneelers.
The entrance is located on the east side and includes a plain oak pegged frame and a timber lintel. Above the entrance is an oculus made of brick voussoirs, along with an open square window in the gable storey, which has a similar pegged frame. This design is repeated on the other sides of the dovecote.
Inside, there are brick nesting boxes, with 125 on each face, each featuring a ledge in front. The dado is plastered, and the brick interior was previously limewashed.
Local climate
Dovecote at Garthewin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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