Latitude: 52.6755 / 52°40'31"N
Longitude: -2.9693 / 2°58'9"W
OS Eastings: 334557
OS Northings: 309081
OS Grid: SJ345090
Mapcode National: GBR B7.4HNH
Mapcode Global: WH8BX.C08R
Plus Code: 9C4VM2GJ+57
Entry Name: Dovecote Approximately 8 Metres to South-West of Whitton Hall
Listing Date: 18 March 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1176770
English Heritage Legacy ID: 259042
ID on this website: 101176770
Location: Shropshire, SY5
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Westbury
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Westbury
Church of England Diocese: Hereford
Tagged with: Dovecote
SJ 3404 WESTBURY C.P. WHITTON LANE (North-west side)
17/135 Dovecote approximately 8
- metres to south-west of
Whitton Hall
GV
II
Dovecote. Early C18. Red brick; conical graded slate roof.
Circular plan. Chamfered plinth, toothed-brick band approximately
half-way up, and dentil brick eaves cornice; round-arched dormers to
north-west and south-east, and central circular glover with turned
wooden balusters, and conical slate cap with wooden finial. Segmental-
headed opening high up to south-west; segmental-headed boarded door
to north-east. Interior: approximately 520 L-shaped nest holes with
ledges; central rotating potence with 3 projecting arms for ladders
at different heights. Cobbled floor. The dovecote forms part of a
good country house group with Whitton Hall (q.v.). H.E. Forrest,
FLS, Some old Shropshire houses and their owners (1924), pp. 6-7.
Listing NGR: SJ3455709081
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings