Gateway And Wall Of Former Dovecote Adjoining Berwick House To North East

BOMERE HEATH C.P. BERWICK ROAD (west side) SJ 41 SE 10/72 Gateway and wall of former - dovecote adjoining Berwick House to north-east

GV II

Gateway and former dovecote wall. Gateway c.1780, possibly by Robert Mylne, and dovecote wall c.1731. Gateway of grey sandstone ashlar faced onto red brick. Triple stepped plinth, dentil cornice, and blocking course with moulded top and central finial. Round archway with chamfered voussoirs and square antae with raised and fielded panels and moulded capitals. Pair of wooden gates. C19 lamp suspended from centre of arch. Front wall of former dovecote adjoining to right. Red brick with grey sandstone ashlar dressings. 2 storeys. Plinth with chamfered stone top, chamfered quoins, and remains of moulded cornice. 2 bays, blind windows with moulded stone cills and gauged-brick heads with triple keystones. Rear of dovecote wall has 189 nesting boxes with brick ledges. A map (still kept at Berwick) made of Berwick House (q.v.) and its surroundings in 1760 by Thomas Ansell shows the dovecote, but no gateway between it and the former stable block. Robert Mylne is known to have carried out some work at Berwick in 1780 for Thomas Jelf Powys and it is possible that the gateway is all that remains of this. The rest of the dovecote was probably demolished in 1878 to improve access to the new stable block (q.v.), built at that date to the north-east of the house. Colvin, p. 577; Shropshire Libraries maps collection (photocopy of Berwick map).

Listing NGR: SJ4710114813