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Latitude: 51.4328 / 51°25'57"N
Longitude: -2.1602 / 2°9'36"W
OS Eastings: 388957
OS Northings: 170430
OS Grid: ST889704
Mapcode National: GBR 1RJ.0PH
Mapcode Global: VH96J.H7TZ
Plus Code: 9C3VCRMQ+4W
Entry Name: Dovecote 30m west of Easton House
Listing Date: 20 December 1960
Last Amended: 18 January 2017
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1022020
English Heritage Legacy ID: 315164
ID on this website: 101022020
Location: Easton, Wiltshire, SN13
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Corsham
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Greater Corsham
Church of England Diocese: Bristol
Tagged with: Dovecote
A dovecote built in the late C17 or early C18.
A dovecote built in the late C17 or early C18.
MATERIALS: it is constructed of limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings, under a hipped, stone-tiled roof with central louvre.
PLAN: rectangular in plan, the dovecote stands at 5m long, 3m wide and 4m high. The building is orientated NE-SW.
EXTERIOR: the building is tall with projecting string course. It features, on its NE elevation, a low rounded-arch doorway with moulded surrounds and plank oak door. On the SW elevation is an oculus window which allowed access for the doves.
INTERIOR: the four walls are lined with ashlar nesting boxes. The roof structure comprises a pair of queen-post trusses and tenoned purlins. A later floor has been inserted into the building, 2.4m above ground level.
The dovecote at Easton House stands amongst other agricultural buildings formerly serving the Grade II* Easton House to the east. The dovecote is described as being constructed in the late C17 or early C18.
The dovecote 30m west of Easton House is listed at Grade II* for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as a good and well-preserved example of a late C17 or early C18 dovecote which retains key features including internal nesting boxes, which demonstrate the building's original function;
* Degree of survival: the building survives intact;
* Group value: the dovecote survives with several other listed buildings on the estate.
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