Hawford Dovecote
Hawford Dovecote, Chatley Lane, Chatley, WR3 7SG
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1081151
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1969
- List Entry Name:
- Hawford Dovecote
- Statutory Address:
- Hawford Dovecote, Chatley Lane, Chatley, WR3 7SG
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1081151
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1969
- List Entry Name:
- Hawford Dovecote
- Statutory Address 1:
- Hawford Dovecote, Chatley Lane, Chatley, WR3 7SG
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.
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:
- Hawford Dovecote, Chatley Lane, Chatley, WR3 7SG
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Wychavon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ombersley
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 84637 60653
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10 March 2022 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SO 86 SW
3/107
OMBERSLEY CP
HAWFORD
CHATLEY LANE
Hawford Dovecote
(Formerly listed as HAWFORD Dovecote about 20 yards west of Hawford Grange)
14.3.69
II*
Dovecote. C16, restored late C20. Timber-framed with rendered infill on sandstone rubble plinth and cross-gabled plain tiled roof with gabled lantern. Square plan.
Framing: close-set vertical studding, three rows to tie-beam and two rows in each gable; long straight braces in lower corners. Double doors in north elevation; east elevation has a window with two wood mullions and three iron bars and above it is a blocked opening; also blocked opening in west elevation; small attic lights in each gable with single wooden mullion.
Interior: blue brick floor; about 150 nesting boxes survive on west wall and about 60 on the north wall.
The dovecote was purchased and restored by the National Trust in 1978.
Listing NGR: SO8463760653
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 148002
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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