Dovecote About 370 Metres South Of Bruton Church is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. A C16 Dovecote.
Dovecote About 370 Metres South Of Bruton Church
- WRENN ID
- dusk-rubblework-solstice
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- Dovecote
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST63SE 280/5/128 24.3.61
BRUTON CP PARK WALL (North Side) Dovecote about 370 metres South of Bruton Church (also known as Pigeon Tower)
II*
Dovecote. Possibly C16. Local stone with Doulting stone dressings; gabled on all four faces - now roofless - with finials to all but south side. Square plan; 3 storeys, floors now gone. Moulded cambered arched doorway on north east side, with 2-light chamfer mullioned windows to both levels over; to north west face 1, 2, and 1-light windows; 3 blocked windows on south east side - gable damaged over; low single light to South west face, other windows blocked; all window openings have holes for vertical rods; remains of a fireplace inside, room for 200 nests. Probably a C16 conversion into dovecote of earlier building by the Berkleys of former Bruton Abbey, used for habitation at some time - a C18 illustration shows a chimney in the roof; situation suggests sometime use as a watch tower. (Bruton in Selwood; Couzens P, Abbey Press, Sherbourne, 1972)
Listing NGR: ST6838334424
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