Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres South Of Old Place Yard House is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1952. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres South Of Old Place Yard House
- WRENN ID
- scarred-soffit-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1952
- Type
- Dovecote
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BICESTER OLD PLACE YARD 5P58225 ' 3/95 Dovecote approx. 50m. S of Old 31/01/52 Place Yard House (Formerly listed as "Old Palace Yard" and dovecote in Palace Yard" and dovecote in the grounds, Palace Yard) GV II
Dovecote. Probably C17, altered C20. Limestone rubble with squared quoins and some brick; old plain tile roof. Square plan. Slightly-battered walls rise from a rubble plinth with double-stepped brick weatherings, and the upper stage has small scattered C20 openings. Front has a central doorway plus an upper door, now reached by a C20 concrete external stair. Pyramid roof has boxed eaves and a perspex finial light. Interior: rubble walls are lined with nesting boxes and have projecting stone ledges every third row; roof rebuilt C20. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.455).
Listing NGR: SP5833322193
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