The Dovecote
THE DOVECOTE, DOVECOTE DRIVE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247593
- Date first listed:
- 30-Nov-1995
- List Entry Name:
- The Dovecote
- Statutory Address:
- THE DOVECOTE, DOVECOTE DRIVE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247593
- Date first listed:
- 30-Nov-1995
- List Entry Name:
- The Dovecote
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE DOVECOTE, DOVECOTE DRIVE
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.
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:
- THE DOVECOTE, DOVECOTE DRIVE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Nottingham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 52304 39758
Details
NOTTINGHAM
SK5239NW DOVECOTE DRIVE, Wollaton 646-1/16/199 (South East side) 02/07/69 The Dovecote
II
Formerly known as: The Dovecote BRAMCOTE LANE. Dovecote, now disused. 1585. For Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton Hall (qv). Altered early C19. Restored 1987. Red brick, with pantile roof and plain tile verges. Square wooden glover, renewed, with pyramidal roof. Plinth, string courses and eaves band. 2 storeys, rectangular plan. South front has a central 4-centred arched brick doorcase with drip mould. North side has to right a board stable door flanked by 2-light casements, renewed, all segment-headed. To left, a blocked window. Door in gable end. INTERIOR has an inserted floor at one end, and retains many of the original brick nest boxes. An ancillary building to Wollaton Old Hall, which was nearby. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 274-275; Dovecotes of Nottinghamshire: Severn J: Cromwell, Notts.: 1986-).
Listing NGR: SK5230439758
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 457108
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Williamson, E, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, (1979), 274-275
Severn, J, Dovecotes of Nottinghamshire, (1986)
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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