Larger Dovecote At Tq 822 529 In Grounds Of Former Leeds Priory

LEEDS LOWER STREET TQ 822 529 (east side)

9/99 Larger Dovecote at TQ 822 529 in grounds of former 20.10.52. Leeds Priory GV II Dovecote. Mid to late C16 altered late C18. Red and vitreous brick in English bond with diaper work. Ashlared stone quoins to north-west corner. Rectangular lying north-south, approximately 20' board and 45' long externally, standing to height of approx 10', with walls approx. 3'6" thick. 1 1/2 storeys, with very low undercroft to east side (where land slopes away). Galletted stone plinth with chamfered stone coping. 3 large integral plinthed red-brick buttresses to east side. North gable without diaper work, but with remains of crow-stepped gable with moulded brick kneeler. Roof missing, but photograph in National Monuments Record shows arch-braced clasped-purlin roof with wind braces. East wall has regular fenestration of 2 double-chamfered rectangular brick windows to ground floor still partly rendered to ressemble stone. Beneath each window plinth. interrupted by small round-arched opening with brick voussoirs reaching almost to top of plinth and giving access to undercroft. Double-chamfered 2-light rendered rectangular brick mullion window to north gable with plain-chamfered mullion. Broad three-centred arched doorway beneath it with chamfered ashlared stone head, jambs missing. Interior: At least 2 broadly chamfered cross-beams below wall-plate and further cross-beams to undercroft, joists missing. Walls partly plastered, with brick nesting boxes throughout on both floors, ledges in front broken away. Roughly 1 yard north of, and aligned with, smaller dovecote. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument. See smaller Dovecot for references.

Listing NGR: TQ8220052900