Dovecote Approximately 75 Metres West Of Culham Manor is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. A Postmedieval Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 75 Metres West Of Culham Manor
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-latch-swift
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Dovecote
- Period
- Postmedieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CULHAM THE GREEN SU5094 (South side) 12/3918/07/65 Dovecote approx. 75m. W of Culham Manor (Formerly listed as dovecote 60 yards W of Culham Manor)
_ II*
Dovecote. Datestone, above door, inscribed "C.B,1685". Built for Sir Cecil Bisshopp (or Bishop). Coursed stone rubble plinth with brick coping; coursed stone rubble with brick dressings; old plain-tile roof; 2 timber-framed glovers with gabled old plain-tile roofs on ridge, to left and right of centre, Rectangular 2-cell plan. 2-storey, 2 bay range. Central plank door with brick surround and brick hood mould. Brick string course below eaves. 2 openings to central cross-gable, and to opposing cross-gable to rear. Segmental-arched opening to each end. Interior: complex timber-framed roof structure. 2 cells lined with 3,329 brick nesting boxes. Reputed to be the second largest dovecote in England. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.7, 1962, p.29; Country Life, Vol.108, 1950, July 14th, p.133).
Listing NGR: SU5008694882
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