Larger Dovecote at TQ 822 529 in Grounds of Former Leeds Priory
LARGER DOVECOTE AT TQ 822 529 IN GROUNDS OF FORMER LEEDS PRIORY, LOWER STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1185691
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Larger Dovecote at TQ 822 529 in Grounds of Former Leeds Priory
- Statutory Address:
- LARGER DOVECOTE AT TQ 822 529 IN GROUNDS OF FORMER LEEDS PRIORY, LOWER STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1185691
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Larger Dovecote at TQ 822 529 in Grounds of Former Leeds Priory
- Statutory Address 1:
- LARGER DOVECOTE AT TQ 822 529 IN GROUNDS OF FORMER LEEDS PRIORY, LOWER STREET
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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:
- LARGER DOVECOTE AT TQ 822 529 IN GROUNDS OF FORMER LEEDS PRIORY, LOWER STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Maidstone (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Leeds
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 82230 52910
Details
LEEDS LOWER STREET TQ 822 529 (east side)
9/99 Larger Dovecote at TQ 822 529 in grounds of former 20.10.52. Leeds Priory GV II Dovecote. Mid to late C16 altered late C18. Red and vitreous brick in English bond with diaper work. Ashlared stone quoins to north-west corner. Rectangular lying north-south, approximately 20' board and 45' long externally, standing to height of approx 10', with walls approx. 3'6" thick. 1 1/2 storeys, with very low undercroft to east side (where land slopes away). Galletted stone plinth with chamfered stone coping. 3 large integral plinthed red-brick buttresses to east side. North gable without diaper work, but with remains of crow-stepped gable with moulded brick kneeler. Roof missing, but photograph in National Monuments Record shows arch-braced clasped-purlin roof with wind braces. East wall has regular fenestration of 2 double-chamfered rectangular brick windows to ground floor still partly rendered to ressemble stone. Beneath each window plinth. interrupted by small round-arched opening with brick voussoirs reaching almost to top of plinth and giving access to undercroft. Double-chamfered 2-light rendered rectangular brick mullion window to north gable with plain-chamfered mullion. Broad three-centred arched doorway beneath it with chamfered ashlared stone head, jambs missing. Interior: At least 2 broadly chamfered cross-beams below wall-plate and further cross-beams to undercroft, joists missing. Walls partly plastered, with brick nesting boxes throughout on both floors, ledges in front broken away. Roughly 1 yard north of, and aligned with, smaller dovecote. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument. See smaller Dovecot for references.
Listing NGR: TQ8220052900
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 173832
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Archaeologia Cantiana in Archaeologia Cantiana, Vol. 89, (1974)
Archaeologia Cantiana in Archaeologia Cantiana, Vol. 93, (1977)
Archaeologia Cantiana in Archaeologia Cantiana, Vol. 94, (1978)
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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