Dovecote of Former Manor House
DOVECOTE OF FORMER MANOR HOUSE, CHURCH END
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1321578
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jul-1964
- Statutory Address:
- DOVECOTE OF FORMER MANOR HOUSE, CHURCH END
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1321578
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jul-1964
- Statutory Address 1:
- DOVECOTE OF FORMER MANOR HOUSE, CHURCH END
Location
- Statutory Address:
- DOVECOTE OF FORMER MANOR HOUSE, CHURCH END
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bedford (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Willington
- National Grid Reference:
- TL1065749968
Details
TL 14NW WILLINGTON CHURCH END
4/117 Dovecote of former Manor
House
13.7.64
GV I
Dovecote, originally belonging to Manor House. Probably between 1535 and
1541. Built by Sir John Gostwick, at one time Master of the Horse to Cardinal
Wolsey and later in service of Henry VIII as Treasurer and Receiver-General of
the First Fruits and Tenths at the Dissolution. Coursed limestone rubble with
ashlar dressings, possibly reused from Newnham Priory (dissolved 1535). Clay
tile roof. Rectangular building divided into 2 square chambers by central
cross-wall. This and end gables are crow-stepped, with moulded copings and
kneelers. Roof is divided into 2 pitches by band of wooden louvres. S
elevation : one small hipped dormer with wood mullion to LH chamber. One
small doorway to each chamber, both with 4-centred arches and moulded
dripstones, that to LH with moulded stops. Relieving arch to RH door set
higher than that to LH. E elevation has square-headed lancet. Interior :
each chamber contains about 700 nesting boxes, built of stone with a brick
lintel to each opening. The E chamber has a 2-stage potence. (Willington
Dovecote and Stable, Tudor Farm Buildings, National Trust leaflet with text by
J Godber).
Listing NGR: TL1065749968
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 36754
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
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Godber, J, Willington Dovecote and Stable Tudor Farm Buildings, ()
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