Description

TL 2826 WALKERN HIGH STREET
(west side)

7/8 Dovecote at
Manor Farm
4.2.59 (30m to S of house)

GV II*

Dovecote. Circa 1700. Red brick in Flemish-bond with dark headers
and fine gauged red brick dressings. Steep octagonal roof with
cupola and ovoid finial. A tall octagonal tower overlooking
a pond with entrances at N (to granary below) and NW (to upper
dovecote) with ornamentation mainly on E, SE and S faces. High
plinth with semi-circular arched openings to ventilate below
granary floor. Corresponding oval openings in deep platband
now blocked. Segmental arches to plank doors at 2 levels. Interior
has brick nest boxes and shelves all round upper chamber with
heavy timber floor over granary. Purlin roof with a cross of
large tie-beams. Octagonal oculus to cupola. (Pevsner (1977)
373).

Listing NGR: TL2895426500

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553748

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Recommended Books

• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)