Dovecote At Manor Farm (30 Metres To South Of House) is a Grade II* listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1959. Dovecote.
Dovecote At Manor Farm (30 Metres To South Of House)
- WRENN ID
- waning-postern-vale
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1959
- Type
- Dovecote
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL 2826 WALKERN HIGH STREET (west side)
7/8 Dovecote at Manor Farm 4.2.59 (30m to S of house)
GV II*
Dovecote. Circa 1700. Red brick in Flemish-bond with dark headers and fine gauged red brick dressings. Steep octagonal roof with cupola and ovoid finial. A tall octagonal tower overlooking a pond with entrances at N (to granary below) and NW (to upper dovecote) with ornamentation mainly on E, SE and S faces. High plinth with semi-circular arched openings to ventilate below granary floor. Corresponding oval openings in deep platband now blocked. Segmental arches to plank doors at 2 levels. Interior has brick nest boxes and shelves all round upper chamber with heavy timber floor over granary. Purlin roof with a cross of large tie-beams. Octagonal oculus to cupola. (Pevsner (1977) 373).
Listing NGR: TL2895426500
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