Dovecote About 150 Yards West of Grafton Manor and Adjoining Chapel
DOVECOTE ABOUT 150 YARDS WEST OF GRAFTON MANOR AND ADJOINING CHAPEL, GRAFTON LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1301000
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Dovecote About 150 Yards West of Grafton Manor and Adjoining Chapel
- Statutory Address:
- DOVECOTE ABOUT 150 YARDS WEST OF GRAFTON MANOR AND ADJOINING CHAPEL, GRAFTON LANE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1301000
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Dovecote About 150 Yards West of Grafton Manor and Adjoining Chapel
- Statutory Address 1:
- DOVECOTE ABOUT 150 YARDS WEST OF GRAFTON MANOR AND ADJOINING CHAPEL, GRAFTON LANE
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:
- DOVECOTE ABOUT 150 YARDS WEST OF GRAFTON MANOR AND ADJOINING CHAPEL, GRAFTON LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Bromsgrove (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dodford with Grafton
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 93801 69115
Details
SO 96 NW DODFORD WITH GRAFTON CP GRAFTON LANE (north side)
11/85 Dovecote about 150 yards west of Grafton Manor 23.4.52 and adjoining chapel (Formerly listed with item 11/84)
GV II
Dovecote. Mid- to late C16; altered mid-C19. Dressed coursed sandstone rubble and plain tiled conical roof. Circular plan. Raised in height and chamfered eaves cornice added mid-C19. Entrance on east side. C19 lantern missing. Interior: seven tiers of nesting holes in stonework with two tiers of continuous stone alighting ledges; five tiers of timber nesting boxes above. Potence survives. The dovecote is situated on a small piece of land that pro- jects into the fishpond. The fishpond and adjacent terraced gardens were created by John Talbot during the late C16 and the dovecote was included as part of this scheme. (The Birmingham Post Booklet: Grafton Manor: a short history, 1980).
Listing NGR: SO9380169115
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 156350
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Grafton Manor A Short History, (1980)
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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