Description

KEMBLE CHURCH ROAD
ST 9897
(east side)
13/44 The Pigeon House
(formerly listed as Barn 55 yards
north-east of Church)
26.11.58
II
Large barn converted to private house. Probably late C18. Random
coursed rubble stone with flush quoins, stone slate roof, 2 rear
stone lateral stacks. Single range of 2 storeys, with large
projecting square tower on south side with hipped roof and louvred
lantern, originally a pigeon loft over a cart entry. Original
timber lintel of cart entry still in position with small projecting
roof canopy on struts. Entry now filled in with additional lower
timber lintel and 2 tapering square columns (probably removed from
an animal shelter) forming a tripartite window. Fenestration
generally paired casements, longer on ground floor. Gabled opposed
entry on north side forming main entrance with large renewed timber
lintel supported on 2 widely spaced very large tapering square
stone columns on square bases. Two-light window over, and slit
vent in gable, with ball finial on gable. Lean-tos flanking entry
on north side.

Listing NGR: ST9896397039

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26446067

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]