Dovecot at the Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 December 1994. A Medieval Dovecot.
Dovecot at the Tower
- WRENN ID
- tilted-moulding-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1994
- Type
- Dovecot
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Dovecot at the Tower, Nercwys
- OS grid reference
- SJ 239 619
- Coordinates
- 53.14907, -3.13896
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Dovecot at the Tower is a circular dovecot from the late Medieval period, likely built in the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is constructed of rubble, which was originally rendered, with a brick inner lining that contains 13 tiers of arched, plastered nesting holes. The dovecot currently has no roof, and a section of the wall on the former entrance side has collapsed. It appears that the thin rubble shell and the brick lining were built at the same time, suggesting that it may not date back to the Medieval period. However, it is possible that the existing structure is a remodelling of an earlier dovecot.
Local climate
Dovecot at the Tower receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings