Dovecote Approximately 70 Metres South West Of Hillborough Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1952. Dovecote.

Dovecote Approximately 70 Metres South West Of Hillborough Manor House

WRENN ID: stark-screen-ivy
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Stratford-on-Avon
Country: England
Date first listed: 6 February 1952
Type: Dovecote
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TEMPLE GRAFTON

SP15SW HILLBOROUGH 1931-1/3/104 Dovecote approx. 70m south-west of 06/02/52 Hillborough Manor House (Formerly Listed as: Dovecote at Hillborough Manor)

GV II

Formerly known as: Pigeon House Hillborough. Dovecote. Probably C17 or earlier. Narrow coursed blue lias rubble with some wide courses; conical tile roof. Circular plan, 7.5m in diameter. EXTERIOR: low entrance to north has heavy frame to C20 wide-boarded door; lantern has conical roof with weather-vane. INTERIOR: walls lined with stone nesting boxes and ledges; central inserted brick pier; noted as having 900 nesting boxes and 1m thick walls. (Victoria County Histories: Styles P: Victoria History of the County of Warwickshire: 1945-: 94-6; Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-: 433; Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society: Beacham MJA: Dovecotes in England: An introduction and gazetteer: 1990-: 85-131).

Listing NGR: SP1267552032

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