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

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

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

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.

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Date: 05 Oct 1999
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