Dovecote 150 Metres South Of Coldham Hall

TL 85 NE STANNINGFIELD COLDHAM HALL LANE

5/91 Dovecote 150 metres south of Coldham Hall 14.7.55 (Formerly listed with Coldham Hall as Dovecote)

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Dovecote, mid C19, with earlier core. Circular plan. Red brick with gault brick dressings; the first stage battered. Conical plaintiled roof with deep rendered coved cornice. 5 blank rendered niches with gault brick surrounds; a sixth is open, barred, for ventilation. A band of blank arcading in gault brick below the eaves, intended to resemble machicolation; 3 of the arches are left open as access holes for the doves. Arched entrance doorway deeply recessed within a heavy red brick frame having gabled head; battened and boarded door. The walls lined within by nesting boxes constructed with unfired clay bats. Central potence; formerly supporting an access ladder which has now gone.

Listing NGR: TL8644355684