Dovecote About 90 Metres North-east of Bretforton Grange
DOVECOTE ABOUT 90 METRES NORTH-EAST OF BRETFORTON GRANGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1081604
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jul-1959
- Statutory Address:
- DOVECOTE ABOUT 90 METRES NORTH-EAST OF BRETFORTON GRANGE
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- Date:
- 2006-05-01
- Reference:
- IOE01/15556/33
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1081604
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jul-1959
- Statutory Address 1:
- DOVECOTE ABOUT 90 METRES NORTH-EAST OF BRETFORTON GRANGE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- DOVECOTE ABOUT 90 METRES NORTH-EAST OF BRETFORTON GRANGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Wychavon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bretforton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 08716 44224
Details
BRETFORTON CP - SP 0844 - SP 0944 Dovecote about 90 metres 13/23 north-east of 30.7.59 Bretforton Grange
GV II*
Dovecote. Probably C15 with some mid-C19 alterations. Coursed lias rubble with tile roof. Rectangular plan. Entrance to east side has a square head and chamfered surround (blocked); C19 entrance on west side has a brick segmental head. Roof is of gablet form, the gables probably originally forming entrance for birds. Internally, trusses have arch-braced collars with clasped purlins. 19 rows of nesting boxes, with an alighting ledge to every third row. A floor has been inserted. (Bond, C J: "The Estates of Evesham Abbey: a preliminary survey of their medieval topography", Vale of Evesham Historical Society Research Papers, Vol 4, 1973, p 21, fig 5; VCH, 2, p 360).
Listing NGR: SP0871644224
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 148625
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Worcester, (1906), 360
Vale of Evesham Historical Society Research Papers in Vale of Evesham Historical Society Research Papers, Vol. 4, (1973), 21
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