Smaller Dovecote at TQ 822 529 in grounds of former Leeds Priory

Smaller Dovecote at TQ 822 529 in grounds of former Leeds Priory, Lower Street

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1086132
Date first listed:: 14-Dec-1984
List Entry Name:: Smaller Dovecote at TQ 822 529 in grounds of former Leeds Priory
Statutory Address:: Smaller Dovecote at TQ 822 529 in grounds of former Leeds Priory, Lower Street

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1086132
Date first listed:: 14-Dec-1984
List Entry Name:: Smaller Dovecote at TQ 822 529 in grounds of former Leeds Priory
Statutory Address 1:: Smaller Dovecote at TQ 822 529 in grounds of former Leeds Priory, Lower Street

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Smaller Dovecote at TQ 822 529 in grounds of former Leeds Priory, Lower Street

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Kent
District:: Maidstone (District Authority)
Parish:: Leeds
National Grid Reference:: TQ 82230 52900

Details

TQ 822 529 9/100

LEEDS LOWER STREET (east side) Smaller Dovecote at TQ 822 529 in grounds of former Leeds Priory

GV II Dovecot. Mid C16. Red and vitreous brick in English bond with diaper work. Ashlared stone quoins to south-west corner. Rectangular, approximately 20' broad and 18' long externally, standing to height of approximately 10' with walls approximately 3'6" thick.

Galletted stone plinth with chamfered stone coping. Roof fallen in. Narrow door less than 5' high towards north end of east wall, architrave of ashlared ragstone with three-centred arched head, plain chamfer and broach stops. Iron hooks for door to inside of architrave, and broad oak lintel.

Interior: nesting boxes from floor to eaves except in north wall (rebuilt internally). Eleven boxes vertically, with continuous brick ledges to mouths of each row. Roughly one yard south of, and aligned with, larger dovecote. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: TQ8220052900

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 173833
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
'Archaeologia Cantiana' in Archaeologia Cantiana, , Vol. 94, (1978)
'Archaeologia Cantiana' in Archaeologia Cantiana, , Vol. 93, (1977)
'Archaeologia Cantiana' in Archaeologia Cantiana, , Vol. 89, (1974)

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.