DOVECOTE

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1174418
Date first listed:
11-Mar-1968
Statutory Address:
DOVECOTE, THE BARTON

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Location

Statutory Address:
DOVECOTE, THE BARTON

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

County:
Somerset
District:
Mendip (District Authority)
Parish:
Norton St. Philip
National Grid Reference:
ST 77132 55925

Details

ST7755 NORTON ST. PHILIP CP THE BARTON (West side)

11/207 Dovecote

11.3.68

II*

Dovecote. C15. Random rubble, Doulting stone with ashlar quoins and coved free-stone eaves. Stone slate coped gable roof with moulded kneelers and cruciform finials. Single storey rectangular plan 4-centred chamfered arch stone door frame with keyed stone relieving arch over at mid point of south elevation. Vertical boarded and lopped door. Later, possibly C19, square head door opening on North side. Single-light 4-centred head with spandrels, stone framed, moulded opening in east gable. Interior; 3 bays, 2-'A' frame trusses with collars and single row of purlins, ashlared rafters. Nesting holes on 4 sides in 3 tiers, approximately 670. Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 291). (Abbot Horne; list of Somerset dovecotes, Local History Library).

Listing NGR: ST7713255925

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
267153
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Horne, A, List of Somerset Dovecotes

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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