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