Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres North West of Number 57 (Prebendal Manor House) And Attached Walls, Outbuilding and Group of Foundations
DOVECOTE APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES NORTH WEST OF NUMBER 57 (PREBENDAL MANOR HOUSE) AND ATTACHED WALLS, OUTBUILDING AND GROUP OF FOUNDATIONS, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1065976
- Date first listed:
- 23-May-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres North West of Number 57 (Prebendal Manor House) And Attached Walls, Outbuilding and Group of Foundations
- Statutory Address:
- DOVECOTE APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES NORTH WEST OF NUMBER 57 (PREBENDAL MANOR HOUSE) AND ATTACHED WALLS, OUTBUILDING AND GROUP OF FOUNDATIONS, CHURCH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1065976
- Date first listed:
- 23-May-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 12-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Dovecote Approximately 20 Metres North West of Number 57 (Prebendal Manor House) And Attached Walls, Outbuilding and Group of Foundations
- Statutory Address 1:
- DOVECOTE APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES NORTH WEST OF NUMBER 57 (PREBENDAL MANOR HOUSE) AND ATTACHED WALLS, OUTBUILDING AND GROUP OF FOUNDATIONS, CHURCH STREET
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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 20 METRES NORTH WEST OF NUMBER 57 (PREBENDAL MANOR HOUSE) AND ATTACHED WALLS, OUTBUILDING AND GROUP OF FOUNDATIONS, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Nassington
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 06262 96129
Details
NASSINGTON CHURCH STREET TL0696 (South side) 16/179 Dovecote approx. 20m NW of 23/05/67 No.57 (Prebendal Manor House) and attached walls, outbuilding and group of foundations (Formerly listed as Dovecote) GV II Dovecote, and attached walls outbuilding and group of foundations. Walls probably medieval, dovecote probably C16 and C18. Dovecote is squared coursed limestone with Collyweston slate roof. Rectangular plan. Central doorway under wood lintel and narrow window opening, under eaves, above. Later window opening in elevation to left. C18 hipped roof with gablets. Interior: 576 nesting boxes in 15 tiers. Walls to left and right of dovecote are squared coursed and banded limestone with evidence of a gateway corresponding with the position of the later dovecote. Attached outbuilding used as a earth closet has a 2 seater internal arrangement. Group of attached foundations are medieval remains of solar which formed part of No.57 (Prebendal Manor House) (q.v.). (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p125)
Listing NGR: TL0626296129
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 422499
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire, (1984)
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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