Dovecote at Van House is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 February 1952. Dovecote.
Dovecote at Van House
- WRENN ID
- idle-hammer-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Caerphilly MP: Chris Evans (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1952
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- ST 166 869
- Coordinates
- 51.57505, -3.20382
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The dovecote at Van House is a circular structure topped with a domed roof that features an opening at the apex. It is primarily built of rubble sandstone, which has been largely renewed. On the south wall, there is a renewed doorway with a two-centred head. Inside, the dovecote still has stone nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote at Van House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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