Dovecote, 40 Metres South West Of Toomer Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. Dovecote.
Dovecote, 40 Metres South West Of Toomer Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- over-pier-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- ST 707 190
- Coordinates
- 50.97016, -2.41724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century dovecote located 40 metres southwest of Toomer Farmhouse. It is constructed from coursed local stone rubble and features a stone slate vaulted roof cone, which has a blocked bird upstand and an obelisk stone finial. The dovecote has a circular plan with a diameter of about 5 metres. There is a door on the northeast side, along with two blocked window openings under the eaves and a small buttress on the north side. It was designed to accommodate approximately 325 birds in 13 rings of nest boxes.
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