Dovecote About 10 Metres West of Court House Farmhouse
DOVECOTE ABOUT 10 METRES WEST OF COURT HOUSE FARMHOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1167549
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jun-1959
- List Entry Name:
- Dovecote About 10 Metres West of Court House Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- DOVECOTE ABOUT 10 METRES WEST OF COURT HOUSE FARMHOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1167549
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jun-1959
- List Entry Name:
- Dovecote About 10 Metres West of Court House Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- DOVECOTE ABOUT 10 METRES WEST OF COURT HOUSE FARMHOUSE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
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.
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