Survey Data
Reg No
30405501
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Aviary/dovecote/pigeon house
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
117275, 241862
Date Recorded
10/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding hexagonal-plan two-stage dovecote, built c.1800. Rendered rubble stone walls with rubble stone corbels to east, north-east and south-west faces, rubble stone and red-brick cornice and parapets. Square-headed aperture for birds to north elevation. Square-headed door opening to south-east face with rendered rubble stone voussoirs, replacement timber lintel and replacement battened timber door. Interior has concrete floor and exposed rubble stone walls with ten tiers of three nesting boxes to faces of interior.
Appraisal
This is a fine and very rare example of a dovecote. Its hexagonal form is unusual and the stonework is well built. The nesting boxes survive intact.