Dovecote to the Deanery

DOVECOTE TO THE DEANERY, DEANERY HILL

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1171101
Date first listed:
25-Oct-1951
Statutory Address:
DOVECOTE TO THE DEANERY, DEANERY HILL

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Date:
2007-08-22
Reference:
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© Mr Roger Ashley. Source: Historic England Archive

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1171101
Date first listed:
25-Oct-1951
Date of most recent amendment:
29-Nov-1973
Statutory Address 1:
DOVECOTE TO THE DEANERY, DEANERY HILL

Location

Statutory Address:
DOVECOTE TO THE DEANERY, DEANERY HILL

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

County:
Essex
District:
Braintree (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TL 75619 25376

Details

885 DEANERY HILL
BOCKING
Dovecote to the Deanery
(formerly listed under Bridge End,
Bocking Church Street)
TL 7525 5/52A 25.10 .51.
II

Standing to the south of the Deanery to the west of the entrance drive. A timber framed and weather boarded building, said to have been built in the late C17 during the residence of Bishop Gorder. 2 storeys. The upper storey still. has the original wattle and daub nesting boxes (some 135). Roof tiled, pyramid, rising to a cruciform gabled bird entrance.


Listing NGR: TL7561925376

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