Dovecote 15 Metres North West Of Athelhampton Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. House.

Dovecote 15 Metres North West Of Athelhampton Hall

WRENN ID
lunar-roof-rye
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1956
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ATHELHAMPTON

SY 79 SE

9/3 Dovecote 15 metres north west of 26.1.56 Athelhampton Hall

GV II*

Free standing circular dovecote. Early C16, with roof timbers replaced C20. Roughly coursed rubble stone with occasional repairs in brick, with a coved stone eaves-cornice. Four ashlar buttresses of two stages are set symmetrically around the circumference. Clay tiled conical roof, with an octagonal cedar-wood lantern, C20 replacement. The dovecote is entered from the east through a low ashlar doorway with a chamfered four centred head. The internal wall face has under 600 pigeon-holes formerly accessible by a wooden ladder on a cantilevered frame which pivots on a central post. (RCHM Dorset III, p13(2)).

Listing NGR: SY7701594289

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