Dovecote Approximately 30 Metres West Of Dovecote Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. Dovecote.

Dovecote Approximately 30 Metres West Of Dovecote Farmhouse

WRENN ID: sacred-rafter-pigeon
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Cherwell
Country: England
Date first listed: 26 November 1951
Type: Dovecote
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SOMERTON NORTH ASTON ROAD SP42NE (South side) 2/91 Dovecote approx. 30m W of 26/11/51 Dovecote Farmhouse (Formerly listed as Dovecote at Dovecote Farm) GV II

Dovecote. 1719 recorded as on datestone. Coursed squared limestone; Stonesfield-slate roof. Square plan. Front has a low doorway, with a plank door and heavy wooden lintel, and has an ashlar band; all 4 sides have a narrow rectangular opening in a gable, but the front also has a datestone with an inscription in an oval recess, now virtually illegible. The central wooden glover is surmounted by a weathervane. Interior: The walls are lined with over 1000 brick nesting boxes separated by stone ledges; the roof retains original cross beams. (VCH: Oxfordshire, Vol VI, p291)

Listing NGR: SP4977228718

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