Description

SP 01 NW DOWDESWELL LOWER DOWDESWELL

5/40 Gatehouse with first floor dovecot
and attached open-fronted store,
The Tithe Barn, Lower Dowdeswell
GV II

Detached gatehouse with first floor dovecot and open-fronted store.
C16. Coursed squared and dressed limestone, close-studded timber
framing and weather-boarding. Compact rectangular plan to
gatehouse with side wall open to first floor level to give access
to yard, open-fronted store extending forwards left. Side wall of
first floor dovecot facing yard close-studded with 2-light wood-
mullioned window (now blocked), opposite wall weather boarded.
Plank door at first floor level in right gable end giving access to
dovecot with access via single flight of C20 wooden steps. Three-
bay open-fronted store with hipped roof left. Slightly stepped
gable-end coping with roll-cross saddles to gatehouse. Central
square lantern also with roll-cross saddles.

Listing NGR: SP0004819939

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26447939

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)