The Pigeon House

BIBURY PACKHORSE LANE SP 1006-1106 (west side) 11/116 The Pigeon House 23.1.52 GV II* Detached house. Early C16; later C18 and C20 alterations. Random and coursed rubble limestone; ashlar chimney; stone slate roof. Cross passage plan; 2-storey. East front: 3 half gables to right part of elevation, each with timber casement; right gable is late C20 addition. Fenestration otherwise scattered including 2 and 3- light recessed chamfered mullioned casements with hoodmoulds. Central doorway with C20 glazed door and flat stone porch hood on shaped brackets. Central ridge-mounted chimney has restored octagonal shaft with lancet openings and original crocketed spire top. C20 single-storey addition to left is not of special interest. Rear: 1 half gable with 2-light mullioned casement, 2- light below. Fenestration otherwise timber casements with timber lintels. Interior: large central chimney stack has C16 upper floor fireplace with projecting stone hood on shaped brackets. Single arched braced collar truss in roof, curved feet of rafters projecting below later inserted ceiling. Stands on ancient packhorse route and is one of the earliest buildings in Bibury with several original features. Dovecote (q.v.) stands to north. (Illustrated in J.A. Gibbs, A Cotswold Villager 1898. A.R.J. Jurica, 'Bibury' in V.C.H. Glos. vii, 1981, p 21-44; and D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979

Listing NGR: SP1181206695