DOVECOTE

Date:
2 Aug 2003
Location:
Dovecote, Shobdon, Herefordshire
Reference:
IOE01/10137/24
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SHOBDON CP SHOBDON PARK SO 46 SW

5/61 Dovecote

11.6.59

GV II

Dovecote. Early C18, restored 1832. Brick on coursed rubble plinth with slate roof. Octagonal plan. Two storeys, the upper storey with a blind segmental headed window to each side, with a loft door to north. Entrance to ground floor on south has a pedimented stone doorcase dated 1832. Roof capped by an octagonal timber glover with semi-circular sides, now glazed.

Interior: lower floor used for garden storage, upper stage reported to retain nesting boxes and potence. The dovecote stands within the kitchen garden walls.

Listing NGR: SO4002862769

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0043 IOE Records taken by John Annetts; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr John Annetts. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Annetts, John

Rights Holder: Annetts, John

Keywords

Brick, Rubble, Slate, Stuart Dovecote, Georgian Agriculture And Subsistence, Agricultural Building