Gwernigron Dovecote is a Grade II* listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 November 1962. Gatehouse.
Gwernigron Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- weathered-lintel-rook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd North MP: Gill German (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1962
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Address
- Gwernigron Dovecote, Bodelwyddan
- OS grid reference
- SJ 025 751
- Coordinates
- 53.26453, -3.46291
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Gwernigron Dovecote is a notable dovecote constructed from local hammer-dressed uncoursed limestone, featuring selected larger stones and quoins, along with window and door dressings. The structure is square with four identical gables, each adorned with a deeply projecting corbel at the base and stepped copings.
Each gable has a two-light opening that allows access for the pigeons. The entrance door is located on the west side, positioned approximately 2.5 meters above the ground.
The lower section of the dovecote appears to have been an undercroft, which includes a door on the south side and small windows on the other three sides. The window openings on the east and west sides have grooves in the stonework, indicating they were likely glazed.
There are pigeonholes carved into the stone on all four sides, arranged in 13 rows, totaling about 400 holes. While the dovecote seems to have originally included an undercroft, there are no remaining traces of any flooring above it or of any potence.
Local climate
Gwernigron Dovecote sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% 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 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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