Description

SP 53 SE HARDWICK WITH TUSMORE TUSMORE

1721/4/36 Granary/dovecote at SP 5652

07/12/66 II*

Granary/dovecote. C16. Close-studded timber-framing and roughcast. Hipped stone slate roof laid to diminishing courses. Rectangular plan. 3 storeys. Ground floor is raised on rendered brick. Staddle stones. Entrance in gable end reached via short ladder. Plank door in heavy wood frame. 2 shuttered windows on both ground and first floors of front and rear elevations. Loft door in first floor. Jetties first floor has moulded wood overhangs with corner posts. Roof has renewed hipped lantern. Roughcast upper storey has rectangular openings. Approximately 25 feet 4 inches by 17 feet 7 inches. Nesting boxes on third storey.
(Buildings of England, Oxfordshire: 1974, p820; VCH: Oxfordshire: Vol VI, p. 335; Blomfield. J.C. History of Tusmore in History of the Present Deanery of
Bicester, 1887 : p64)

Listing NGR: SP5647830687

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548006

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)