Dovecote Approximately 4 Metres East of Palmers Farmhouse
DOVECOTE APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES EAST OF PALMERS FARMHOUSE, STATION ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1024558
- Date first listed:
- 01-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Dovecote Approximately 4 Metres East of Palmers Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- DOVECOTE APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES EAST OF PALMERS FARMHOUSE, STATION ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1024558
- Date first listed:
- 01-Feb-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 23-Oct-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Dovecote Approximately 4 Metres East of Palmers Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- DOVECOTE APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES EAST OF PALMERS FARMHOUSE, STATION ROAD
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- DOVECOTE APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES EAST OF PALMERS FARMHOUSE, STATION ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- Stratford-on-Avon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wilmcote
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 16444 58141
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20/08/2012
SP15NE
8/63
01/02/67
ASTON CANTLOW
STATION ROAD
(North side)
Wilmcote
Dovecote approx. 4m. E of Palmer's Farmhouse
(Formerly listed as Outbuildings at Mary Arden's House)
GV
I
Dovecote. Possibly pre-C16, Coursed lias; C20 timber framed gables with brick
infill. Old tile roof with small open lantern. Square plan. Central plank door.
interior: 657 nesting holes. Central beam, possibly for former floor. Queen
strut roof with trenched purlins, rough timbers. Forms part of an interesting
group with Mary Arden's House (q.v.), farmbuildings (q.v.) and barn and stable
(q.v.).
(E.S. Sapcote: Warwickshire Dovecotes: Transactions of Birmingham Archaeological
Society, Vol.66, 1945-1946, pp.124 and 126).
Listing NGR: SP1644458141
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 305410
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Transactions of the Birmingham Archaeological Society in Transactions of the Birmingham Archaeological Society, Vol. 66, (1946), 124-126
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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