Smithy, Byres And Dovecote, 12 Metres East Of Hill House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Outbuilding.
Smithy, Byres And Dovecote, 12 Metres East Of Hill House
- WRENN ID
- kindled-parapet-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Outbuilding
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NZ 11 NE HEADLAM COCK LANE (North side, off)
6/6 smithy, byres and dovecote, 12 metres east of Hill House GV II
Range of outbuildings. Probably C18. Roughcast and painted sandstone rubble with dressed quoins; moderately-pitched pantiled roofs. Continuous L-shaped range: single-storey, 3-bay smithy; single-storey, single-bay byre; set-back, 2-storey dovecote; and, at right-angles to north, a single-storey, 3-bay byre. Smithy has central boarded door with fire-insurance mark and retains forge and bellows. Byre has Dutch door and steeper-pitched roof. Dovecote: ground floor has byre with Dutch door and external stone staircase to first-floor boarded door; first floor has blocked breather, alighting band with entry holes near eaves, low-pitched pyramidal roof above projecting eaves band, octagonal glover ofnwood with conical cap and weather vane; stone-lined interior with nesting boxes. Byre range attached to north of dovecote has Dutch doors.
Detached range of farmbuildings to east of dovecote not of special interest.
Listing NGR: NZ1839817909
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