Description

SU 78 NE HAMBLEDEN HAMBLEDEN VILLAGE

6/100 Stable and dovecote 30m. to
N. of Kenricks
GV
II

Stable and former dovecote. Late C17-early C18, the dovecote dated
FC 1680 on stone tablet. Knapped flint with brick dressings, steeply
pitched old tile roof. Stable to front with dovecote off-set to rear
left. Stable has moulded brick eaves and hipped roof. Wide board
door to centre with gauged flat arch, stone imposts and keyblock.
Flanking windows, the left boarded, the right blocked, both with stone
sills and rebuilt heads with stone keyblocks. Small high window to each
side. Loft has gabled dormer with wooden casement in left side, and
gabled door to rear. Dovecote has moulded and off-set eaves and hipped
roof with louvred gablet. Altered 2-panelled door and wooden window in
left side. Right side has 2-light window, small light below eaves, and
door with semi-circular arch, brick keyblock, and brick Tudor dripmould.
Interior is chalk-lined and retains some nesting boxes. Other boxes
have been blocked and the building put to more general use.

Listing NGR: SU7867686557

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26616929

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)