Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1957. Dovecote.

Dovecote

WRENN ID: grim-render-pine
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Basingstoke and Deane
Country: England
Date first listed: 26 April 1957
Type: Dovecote
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SU 6652 OLD BASING BASING HOUSE 6653 22/63 26.4.57 Dovecote

II*

C16. Inserted at the angle in the Garden Wall. An irregular octagon with a conical (hipped) tile roof surmounted by a finial, the eaves being heavy beams on projecting brackets. Red brickwork in English bond, with diaper patterning (incomplete) in blue headers; offset and plinths. The doorway has a heavy solid frame; in the roof above this is a dormer with a weather-boarded front of ledges and pigeon holes. Within, the building is circular, with a casing of pigeon holes formed in chalk blocks (4 band each of 5 levels interspersed with brick bands). Between the roof framing and a block fixed in the centre of the floor is a potence a vertical spindle with arms (re-inforced by brackets) supporting a ladder, for access to the pigeon holes.

Listing NGR: SU6613352592

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