DOVECOTE ABOUT 10 METRES WEST OF COURT HOUSE FARMHOUSE

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
I
List Entry Number:
1167549
Date first listed:
11-Jun-1959
Statutory Address:
DOVECOTE ABOUT 10 METRES WEST OF COURT HOUSE FARMHOUSE

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Location

Statutory Address:
DOVECOTE ABOUT 10 METRES WEST OF COURT HOUSE FARMHOUSE

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

District:
County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Richards Castle (Hereford)
National Grid Reference:
SO 49126 69840

Details

RICHARD'S CASTLE CP - SO 46 NE 3/116 Dovecote about 10 metres west of Court House Farmhouse 11.6.59

GV I

Dovecote. C17, restored mid-C20. Coursed rubble with conical stone tile roof. Circular plan. South side has a low entrance with chamfered wooden architrave and a ledged and boarded door. The roof has three gabled dormers with 2-light louvred windows, and is capped by a glover, also gabled in three directions. Interior has a potence in working order, the arms supported by curved wooden braces, the ladder with wooden rungs. There are 18 tiers of nesting boxes, each alternate tier with an alighting ledge. In all about 600 nesting boxes. Roof has a truss with two raking struts, the principals rising to glover. Two secondary trusses placed at a 60 degree angle to main truss have hanging wall-posts. A perfectly preserved example. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument, County No 115. (RCHM, 3, p 174, no 5).

Listing NGR: SO4912669840

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
150139
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Inventory of Herefordshire III North West, (1934), 174

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

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Date: 17 May 2004
Reference: IOE01/12204/15
Rights: Copyright IoE Mr John Burrows. Source Historic England Archive
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