Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 December 1996. Dovecote.

Dovecote

WRENN ID
inner-spire-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 December 1996
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote, Erddig, Marchwiel
OS grid reference
SJ 327 480
Coordinates
53.02587, -3.00368
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a dovecote made of red brick in English Garden Wall bond, featuring a stepped brick cornice and a slate roof. It has an octagonal shape with doors on two sides. The roof includes four dormer openings that are symmetrically placed, each with hipped roofs and slate-hung sides. At the center, there is an open cupola topped with a weather vane.

Inside, there are approximately 350 nesting boxes arranged in a linear fashion, along with a central potence and ladder.

Local climate

Dovecote receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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