Description

SK 91 SW EXTON EXTON PARK

4/55 Dove Cote

GV II

Large dovecote overlooking lake, late C18. Coursed squared rubble. Octagonal
2 storeys, with central ball finial and pinnacles. Projecting loggia round
4 southerly sides, with chamfered 4-centred arches, and shields in
spandrels. Beneath the loggia, a timbered roof on corbels, stone
feeding troughs for cattle, and blank windows with shallow arched head,
with voussoirs. Entrance to north, a flat archway with voussoirs at
1st floor level, arched and chamfered blank openings with dummy glazing
bars, and a timber eaves cornice with entrance holes for doves above
the stone cornice. Within, the upper walls are lined with nesting ledges,
and there is a potence.

Listing NGR: SK9269911215

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26643495

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)