Description

SE 9222-9322 WINTERINGHAM WEST END
(north side)

8/42 Stable/dovecote south
east of Manor House

GV II

Stable/dovecote. 1853 on datestone. Coursed limestone rubble with red brick
dressings, formerly colourwashed. Pantile roof. Rectangular plan. Front
to east, at right-angles to street. 2 storeys, 2 first floor openings;
symmetrical. rubble plinth, rounded brick quoins. Central plank half door
in segmental-arched brick surround flanked by single blank openings
(formerly glazed), with 3 small rectangluar ventilation slots and
2 circular iron tie-bar ends above. First floor has 2 boarded openings,
that to left with a row of 5 dove-holes. Stepped and dentilled brick eaves
cornice. Brick-edged gables with stone coping and shaped kneelers. Left
return, facing road, has pair of iron tie bar ends and blank first floor
opening with datestone above. Interior: first floor contains a full range
of tile-built nest boxes, each having an arched opening and narrow alighting
ledge in front. A good example of a type of dovecote construction once
common in Winteringham.

Listing NGR: SE9306822230

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26410589

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Recommended Books

• 
  For the Record
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)