Dovecote at Gunley Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 October 1953. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Gunley Hall
- WRENN ID
- twisted-ledge-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1953
- Type
- Dovecote
- Address
- Dovecote at Gunley Hall, Forden, Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
- OS grid reference
- SJ 261 010
- Coordinates
- 52.60234, -3.09156
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Dovecote at Gunley Hall is a Grade II listed structure built of brick and designed in an octagonal shape. It features pilaster buttresses that emphasize the corners and extend to the full height of the building. The roof is pyramidal and hipped, covered with slate, and has boarded eaves. The entrance is a boarded door located on the northeast side, which faces the stables.
Inside, the dovecote is circular and contains 17 tiers of nest boxes situated above a low plinth. Each tier has 40 boxes, each with a slightly projecting brick flight ledge, resulting in a total of approximately 660 nests. At the center, there is a stone-built drum that is about 80 centimeters high, which supports the potence. This potence is held up by a bearing in cross trees that is level with the top of the wall. The glover has since disappeared.
Local climate
Dovecote at Gunley Hall receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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