Former Barn Or Stables And Dovecote, 20 Metres North West Of The Grange

ST72SW HORSINGTON CP

7/46 Former barn or stables and dovecote, 20 metres North West of The Grange -

GV II

Barn or stables, with dovecote, now separate flat. C18 Local stone rubble with brickwork dressings; plain clay tile roof with timbered gables, one section with stone slate base courses; brick chimney stacks. Single storey with attic, 4 bays. Small pane casement windows and plain boarded doors, the window to bay 2 and door to bay 3 having brick segmental arch; C20 dormers to bays 2, 3 and 4. East gable has 2 semi-circular brick arched doorways; above a former dovecote with apertures on either side of a central casement window, which has a brick segmental keystoned arch. The Westernmost bay probably older than the rest of building. Important in setting to Grange (qv). The dovecote had 700 riches. Large ammonites are built into to the walls, possibly by Revd John Wickham, died 1783, who was a naturalist. (John A Cross, A History and Guide Book of Horsington, undated).

Listing NGR: ST7013123732