Dovecote About 10 Metres West Of Court House Farmhouse is a Grade I listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1959. A C17 Dovecote. 1 related planning application.
Dovecote About 10 Metres West Of Court House Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- twisted-hall-crow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1959
- Type
- Dovecote
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
RICHARD'S CASTLE CP - SO 46 NE 3/116 Dovecote about 10 metres west of Court House Farmhouse 11.6.59
GV I
Dovecote. C17, restored mid-C20. Coursed rubble with conical stone tile roof. Circular plan. South side has a low entrance with chamfered wooden architrave and a ledged and boarded door. The roof has three gabled dormers with 2-light louvred windows, and is capped by a glover, also gabled in three directions. Interior has a potence in working order, the arms supported by curved wooden braces, the ladder with wooden rungs. There are 18 tiers of nesting boxes, each alternate tier with an alighting ledge. In all about 600 nesting boxes. Roof has a truss with two raking struts, the principals rising to glover. Two secondary trusses placed at a 60 degree angle to main truss have hanging wall-posts. A perfectly preserved example. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument, County No 115. (RCHM, 3, p 174, no 5).
Listing NGR: SO4912669840
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