Dovecote And Adjacent Pigsty, 10 Metres West Of Number 4 (The Old House)

HURWORTH BLIND LANE NZ 3010 (West side, off)

17/70 Dovecote and adjacent pigsty, 10 metres west of No. 4 (The Old House)

GV II

1. Dovecote. Early-mid C18. Narrow brick in English garden wall bond; pantiled roof; wood glover. Square plan. Squat lower storey, defined by band, has an original boarded doorway in rebated, segmental-arched opening on right return. Upper storey has boarded doorway under segmental head, fixed 6-pane light above doorway and eaves band. Pyramidal roof with stone ridge tiles. Square-plan glover, with arched openings and 3-pane lights, has pyramidal cap surmounted by cast-iron wind vane. Interior: lower storey has 2 parallel tunnel vaults; upper storey lined with nesting boxes.

2. Pigsty with hen-house over. Late C18. Narrow brick in English garden wall bond; pantiled roof. Boarded door to hen-house on gabled front. 2-bay right return: 2 small elliptical-arched openings with rounded jambs; pig yard walls demolished. Eaves band. Steeply-pitched roof with raised verges and corbelled-out kneelers. The pigsty is situated about 5.0 metres south- west of the dovecote and is included for group value. Rebuilt wall linking pigsty to dovecote is not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ3027710151