Former dovecote (Dove Cottage) at Bodysgallen Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 December 1974. Dovecote.
Former dovecote (Dove Cottage) at Bodysgallen Hall
- WRENN ID
- tired-stair-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Conwy
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1974
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SH 799 792
- Coordinates
- 53.29677, -3.80219
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The former dovecote, known as Dove Cottage, is a tall and narrow two-storey structure located on a sloping site with a high plinth. It is built of rubble stone and features a slate roof. The roof includes a central tall boarded ventilator with louvered panels, topped by a pyramid roof with an apex weathervane. The front of the dovecote faces a small courtyard on the northeast side and has stone and slate steps leading up to a boarded door, which is set behind a stone parapet. Above the door, there is a stone plat band.
On the upper storey, there is an inserted window to the left of centre at a low level, as well as a central 18-pane horned-sash window located just below the eaves. The left (southeast) gable end features a corbelled 18-pane horned sash window inserted in the upper storey, flanked by original brackets that support pigeon holes and ledges. In the rear (southwest) wall, an 18-pane horned sash window has replaced a former loft door and is flanked by ventilation strips.
Attached to the downhill gable end, at a lower level, is a mid-19th century former game larder that has been converted into a 1½-storey cottage known as Gingerbread Cottage.
Local climate
Former dovecote (Dove Cottage) at Bodysgallen Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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