Dovecote Approximately 75 Metres West of Culham Manor
DOVECOTE APPROXIMATELY 75 METRES WEST OF CULHAM MANOR, THE GREEN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1059793
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jul-1963
- List Entry Name:
- Dovecote Approximately 75 Metres West of Culham Manor
- Statutory Address:
- DOVECOTE APPROXIMATELY 75 METRES WEST OF CULHAM MANOR, THE GREEN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1059793
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jul-1963
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 16-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Dovecote Approximately 75 Metres West of Culham Manor
- Statutory Address 1:
- DOVECOTE APPROXIMATELY 75 METRES WEST OF CULHAM MANOR, THE GREEN
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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 75 METRES WEST OF CULHAM MANOR, THE GREEN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Culham
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 50086 94882
Details
CULHAM THE GREEN SU5094 (South side) 12/3918/07/65 Dovecote approx. 75m. W of Culham Manor (Formerly listed as dovecote 60 yards W of Culham Manor)
_ II*
Dovecote. Datestone, above door, inscribed "C.B,1685". Built for Sir Cecil Bisshopp (or Bishop). Coursed stone rubble plinth with brick coping; coursed stone rubble with brick dressings; old plain-tile roof; 2 timber-framed glovers with gabled old plain-tile roofs on ridge, to left and right of centre, Rectangular 2-cell plan. 2-storey, 2 bay range. Central plank door with brick surround and brick hood mould. Brick string course below eaves. 2 openings to central cross-gable, and to opposing cross-gable to rear. Segmental-arched opening to each end. Interior: complex timber-framed roof structure. 2 cells lined with 3,329 brick nesting boxes. Reputed to be the second largest dovecote in England. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.7, 1962, p.29; Country Life, Vol.108, 1950, July 14th, p.133).
Listing NGR: SU5008694882
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 248824
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1962), 29
Country Life in 14 July, Vol. 108, (1950), 133
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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