Description

SE40SE BARNBURGH HALL STREET
(east side, off)
6/15
Barnburgh Hall
5.6.68 Dovecote

GV II*

Dovecote. Probably late C16 - early C17 and for the More family of Barnburgh
Hall. Thinly-coursed rubble limestone, ashlar dressings and lantern, stone
slate roof. Octagonal. Large quoins, chamfered plinth band. Doorway in north
side has chamfered jambs and Tudor-arched lintel with triangular extrados.
Continuous lst-floor dripmould beneath small double-chamfered, 2-light mullioned
window with remains of latticed iron casement. Similar windows on alternate faces,
one without mullion. Chamfered oversailing band beneath eaves. Hipped roof with
octagonal lantern having plain stone pillars to hipped ashlar roof.

Interior: ashlar piers to each internal angle dividing nesting holes said to number
1,600. Central wood post with cross braces for resting ladder on. Conical stone-
vaulted roof. Barnburgh Hall was demolished in 1970. The dovecote is well-preserved
and is an exceptional structure of the region.

Rev. W. J. Parker, The Cresacre Treasure, The Church and Village of Barnburgh,
undated booklet, p.28 (plate).

Listing NGR: SE4867703332

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17537818

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)