Dovecote And Attached Cow House About 30 Yards North Of Court Farmhouse

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Dovecote and attached cow house about 30 yards north of Court Farmhouse

GV II

Dovecote, now store, and attached cow house. Mid- to late C19. Dovecote: brick, pyramidal plain tiled roof with overhanging eaves. Square plan. Two levels; south elevation facing farmhouse has a square light and doorway at ground-floor level and a large central doorway at upper level, all with gauged flat heads; west and north elevations have a central lancet with ashlar dressings flanked by blind cruciform slit windows. Large elaborate painted timber lantern with cross-gabled roof; pointed-arched recess to each face, two rows of plank weatherings, pierced scalloped bargeboards, moulded finials and pendants at gable bases and apexes; crowned by a weathervane. Interior: ground floor has parallel tunnel vaulted ceiling aligned north/south. Gable end of Cow house adjoins east elevation; brick, blue brick dressings, plain tiled roof with parapets at gable ends; two bays, two levels with dentilled eaves cornice. Main south elevation has two wood-mullioned windows and two doorways, all with cambered heads. 2-light C19 casement at east gable end with C20 attic light above. A large well-detailed dovecote on a prominent site and of group value with Court Farmhouse (qv).

Listing NGR: SO9153862219