Dovecote And Attached Outbuilding Approximately 10 Metres North Of South Hill House And Number 3 is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1988. Dovecote, outbuilding.
Dovecote And Attached Outbuilding Approximately 10 Metres North Of South Hill House And Number 3
- WRENN ID
- riven-hammer-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1988
- Type
- Dovecote, outbuilding
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a dovecote and attached outbuilding, likely built in the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features a stone slate roof. The dovecote itself is made of squared and coursed limestone with stone dressings and has a pyramidal stone slate roof topped with a lead finial. The structure has two levels, with the dovecote at the south-west end rising two storeys over a basement, while the outbuilding is a single storey.
The south-west front of the dovecote includes a lunette loft opening with a moulded cill, a boarded door at ground level with a wooden lintel, and three square openings above set in a large, decayed stone lintel. The left-hand return front features a central window with a wooden lintel and two boarded doors, also with wooden lintels; the right-hand door leads to the dovecote's basement.
Inside the dovecote, there are three tiers of nesting boxes built into the walls, along with wooden ledges and spacers. A central wooden potence supports the structure, and the roof is supported by crossed tie-beams.
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