Dovecote at Cadoxton Court is a Grade I listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 September 1962. Dovecote.

Dovecote at Cadoxton Court

WRENN ID
ghost-vestry-kestrel
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 September 1962
Type
Dovecote
Address
Dovecote at Cadoxton Court, Barry
OS grid reference
ST 127 688
Coordinates
51.41156, -3.25566
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The dovecote at Cadoxton Court is a domed circular stone structure, approximately 8 meters high with an internal diameter of about 5 meters. Its walls are buttressed and measure 1.1 meters thick, rising to 4.6 meters at the point where the corbelled dome roof begins. The roof features a circular opening that is roughly 60 centimeters across. On the eastern side, there is a small doorway with a pointed head. Inside, the walls are lined with the remains of nesting holes that are about 15 centimeters square and 45 centimeters deep. Originally, the dovecote had 700 nesting holes, providing capacity for 1,400 pigeons.

Local climate

Dovecote at Cadoxton Court sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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