Dovecote, Stoke College is a Grade II* listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1961. A Medieval Dovecote.
Dovecote, Stoke College
- WRENN ID
- dark-ember-fen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1961
- Type
- Dovecote
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1. 2006 TL 7443 26/427 19.12.61
STOKE BY CLARE Dovecote, Stoke College (Formerly listed as Gatehouse, Stoke College)
II*
2. A C15 red brick dovecote tower with the design of a portcullis and chains in the brickwork. There is also what appears to be the initial I and a bishop's mitre lying sideways on 2 of the faces. The ground storey has 2 4-centered archways, one on the south side and one on the east. Roof tiled, with small entrance gablets to the dovecote. This building formed part of the College of St John the Baptist founded by Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, when he converted the priory into a college for secular clergy in 1415. The college was dissolved in 1548.
Listing NGR: TL7402443380
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