DOVECOTE IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 15 METRES SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH, CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN

DOVECOTE IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 15 METRES SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH, CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH LANE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1241076
Date first listed:: 19-Apr-1961
List Entry Name:: DOVECOTE IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 15 METRES SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH, CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
Statutory Address:: DOVECOTE IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 15 METRES SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH, CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH LANE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1241076
Date first listed:: 19-Apr-1961
Date of most recent amendment:: 27-Oct-1987
List Entry Name:: DOVECOTE IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 15 METRES SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH, CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
Statutory Address 1:: DOVECOTE IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 15 METRES SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH, CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH LANE

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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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: DOVECOTE IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 15 METRES SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH, CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH LANE

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

District:: Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Norton sub Hamdon
National Grid Reference:: ST 47035 15946

Details

ST4715 NORTON SUB HAMDON CP CHURCH LANE (End) 9/192 Dovecote in churchyard, about 15 metres south-west of church, Church of St. Mary the Virgin (formerly listed as Dovecote immediately S.W. of Church) 19.4.61 GV II* Dovecote, possibly part of the former manor house estate. C17 or possibly earlier. Ham stone coursed rubble; stone slated conoid roof, crowned by small glover formed by circular flat slab standing on 4 slender turned stone balusters, with ball finial. Circular on plan, with 4 buttresses having offsets; low plain doorway in north side, and small dormer window with stone slate roof and checks to southwest. Interior not seen, but said to contain about 400 nesting-boxes. (Leaflet in church, upublished, undated).

Listing NGR: ST4703515946

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Legacy System number:: 439972
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.