Description

SJ 87 SW
7/140

NETHER ALDERLEY C.P.
CONGLETON ROAD (East Side)
Dovecote at Alderley Park

14/4/1967

GV II

Formerly dovecote, now store: early C19 for Sir J T Stanley. Irregular bond orange brick with buff sandstone dressings. Pyramidal Kerridge stone-slate roof. Tall building, hexagonal in plan. Stone plinth, rusticated quoins and modillion cornice. Each face has a circular hole (now either glazed or blocked) with an ashlar surround and a keystone at each cardinal point. Apex of roof has an open wooden bellcote with a weathervane. Interior: tiers of holes in the brickwork have projecting brick ledge in front of them; these number over 400.

Listing NGR: SJ8452474921

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26515692

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas