Dovecote at Penpont is a Grade II* listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 January 1963. Dovecote.

Dovecote at Penpont

WRENN ID
drifting-string-blackthorn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
17 January 1963
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote at Penpont, Trallong, Powys
OS grid reference
SN 970 287
Coordinates
51.94807, -3.4995
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The dovecote at Penpont is a 17th-century square structure with a first floor that is colourwashed plaster over what is said to be brick, raised on four square colourwashed piers. It features a low door on the east side for ladder access. The roof is pyramid-shaped, covered with stone tiles and has a flat top that supports a fine octagonal timber cupola. This cupola has pointed glazed openings, timber Y-tracery, and small dove holes beneath it. The structure is topped with an ogee leaded octagonal dome.

Local climate

Dovecote at Penpont sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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