Gazebo/Dovecote In Garden Of Bishop Oak

WOLSINGHAM LEAZES LANE NZ 03 NE (North end, off) Wolsingham 22/380 Gazebo/dovecote in garden of Bishop Oak 31.1.67 GV II*

Gazebo/dovecote. Mid C18. Incised stucco with ashlar quoins and dressings; thinly-coursed rubble revealed at rear; stone-flagged roof with stone ridges. 3 storeys, one bay. Ground floor has round arch with voussoirs on impost blocks and stone jambs; C20 glazed doors inserted, with side and overlights. Renewed 12-pane sash in first floor, and trompe l'oeil window in second, in raised stone surrounds. Pyramidal roof has ridge stone coping resting on moulded kneelers; stone obelisk finial with chevron band. Rear banded chimney. Left return has L-plan flight of stone steps to first-floor 3-panel door under trompe l'oeil window; right return has first-floor sash with original wide glazing bars. Rear ground-floor arch similar to that on front. Interior: stop-chamfered joists in ground floor room; first-floor room has panelled rear wall with dentilled cornice; blocked corniced chimneypiece: panelling to left of fire conceals ladder to dovecote above; cupboard to right of fire has shaped shelves. Second-floor and attic dovecote with nesting boxes.

Listing NGR: NZ0667239150