DOVECOTE IN THE GROUNDS OF THE TITHE BARN, ABOUT 9 METRES SOUTH OF THE HOUSE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1156170
Date first listed: 25-Mar-1955
Statutory Address: DOVECOTE IN THE GROUNDS OF THE TITHE BARN, ABOUT 9 METRES SOUTH OF THE HOUSE, HIGH STREET
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Location
Statutory Address: DOVECOTE IN THE GROUNDS OF THE TITHE BARN, ABOUT 9 METRES SOUTH OF THE HOUSE, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
Parish: Hurley
National Grid Reference: SU 82483 84004
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SU 8284-8384 HURLEY HIGH STREET
(west side)
17/5 Dovecote in the grounds of The
Tithe Barn, about 9 metres south
25.3.55 of the house
G.V. I
Dovecote, now disused. Medieval. Chalk and flint, with later brickwork. Old tile
conical roof with open dormer above eaves and open turret at top. 4 buttresses, each
of 2 offsets and with a brick base. Small plank entrance door on east with stone lintel
and pointed relieving arch, and approached by 6 stone rubble steps. Interior: a revolving
ladder from a central newel post, gives access to nesting boxes which are nearly continuous
within the walls, The dovecote originally belonged to Hurley Priory.
Scheduled Ancient Monument.
V.C.H. Vol.II. p,153.
Listing NGR: SU8248384004
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 40926
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Ditchfield, P H, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Berkshire, (1906), 153
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing