Penrice Castle Dovecote is a Grade II* listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 October 1999. Dovecote.

Penrice Castle Dovecote

WRENN ID
wild-entrance-marsh
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 October 1999
Type
Dovecote
OS grid reference
SS 497 884
Coordinates
51.57507, -4.16985
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Penrice Castle Dovecote is located on the southeast side of Penrice Castle, positioned against the external face of the curtain wall, though it is not part of the wall itself. Constructed from stonework that matches the castle, the dovecote has a conical exterior and a slightly bottle-shaped interior, tapering from an internal diameter of about 2.5 meters to about 0.6 meters. The doorway is oriented to the south and features a rebate for a missing door. Inside, there are 15 rows of nestboxes, but there are no access openings through the wall, suggesting that the birds likely entered from the top.

Local climate

Penrice Castle Dovecote sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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