Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 July 1998. Dovecote.

Dovecote

WRENN ID
plain-sill-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 July 1998
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote, Chirk Castle, Chirk
OS grid reference
SJ 268 380
Coordinates
52.93444, -3.08957
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The dovecote is a building made of rubble stonework with ashlar quoining at the corners. It stands two stages high, separated by a moulded string course, with another string course at the top. Currently, it has no roof. The dovecote has an octagonal shape, featuring a low entrance door with a depressed arched head on the southeast side, and a forced door on the north side. There are eight square windows.

Internally, the building is lined with whitewashed brick and contains 23 flight ledges, each with approximately 24 nest boxes above the sixth ledge, providing around 350 nests in total. The floor has been replaced with brick, and all signs of the potence have been removed. Most of the nest boxes are now blocked.

Local climate

Dovecote receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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