Dovecote, 60 Yards To South West Of Church Farmhouse

ST 76 SE MONKTON COMBE

7/132 Dovecote, 60 yards to south-west of Church Farmhouse 1.2.56 II G.V.

Dovecote. Probably late C16. Coursed rubble with squared ashlar blocks, freestone quoins and dressings; double Roman tiled roof with moulded coping and finials to the gables. Rectangular on plan with a central chamfered and segmental headed doorway on the south elevation; later square openings above and to the right. The east and west gables have 3-light casement windows in hollow chamfered mullions and surrounds and under dripmoulds; the outer lights of the west and all of the east window are blocked. Interior: inserted floor on chamfered beam; the nesting holes to the upper part survive intact and are constructed of finely sawn ashlar.

Listing NGR: ST7716261916