Dove Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Dovecote.
Dove Cottage
- WRENN ID
- riven-rampart-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Dovecote
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WYMONDLEY PRIORY LANE TL 2128 (East side) Little Wymondley
10/153 Dove Cottage - GV II
Dovecote, now a house. C16, altered to a house in late C19. Late C20 extensions to N and E. Narrow red brick in English-bond with diapering in blue headers. Steep red tile hipped roof with large gablets on E and W, now clad in pargetting but formerly with entrances for doves. 2-storeys square building with projecting plinth and tall roof equal in height to the building less the plinth. Drawing by Buckler in 1830 shows the entrance in the middle of the N side and a continuous eaves cove all round, now gone. Front now on W with 3-lights casement window central on 1st floor, and similar window to left of door. Cambered arches with projecting brick labels to both ground floor openings. Half-glazed plank door. Chamfered plinth offset. Internal chimney central. Stands beside priory stew-pond. (RCHM (1911)149: VCH (1912)189).
Listing NGR: TL2175428046
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