Barnburgh Hall Dovecote is a Grade II* listed building in the Doncaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1968. Dovecote.
Barnburgh Hall Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- grey-solder-barley
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Doncaster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1968
- Type
- Dovecote
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE40SE BARNBURGH HALL STREET (east side, off) 6/15 Barnburgh Hall 5.6.68 Dovecote
GV II*
Dovecote. Probably late C16 - early C17 and for the More family of Barnburgh Hall. Thinly-coursed rubble limestone, ashlar dressings and lantern, stone slate roof. Octagonal. Large quoins, chamfered plinth band. Doorway in north side has chamfered jambs and Tudor-arched lintel with triangular extrados. Continuous lst-floor dripmould beneath small double-chamfered, 2-light mullioned window with remains of latticed iron casement. Similar windows on alternate faces, one without mullion. Chamfered oversailing band beneath eaves. Hipped roof with octagonal lantern having plain stone pillars to hipped ashlar roof.
Interior: ashlar piers to each internal angle dividing nesting holes said to number 1,600. Central wood post with cross braces for resting ladder on. Conical stone- vaulted roof. Barnburgh Hall was demolished in 1970. The dovecote is well-preserved and is an exceptional structure of the region.
Rev. W. J. Parker, The Cresacre Treasure, The Church and Village of Barnburgh, undated booklet, p.28 (plate).
Listing NGR: SE4867703332
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