Description

SK 58 NE HODSOCK DONCASTER ROAD
(East side)

2/71 Dovecot Cottage

G.V. II

Cottage, formerly pigeoncote. Early C19 with late C19 additions.
Dressed coursed rubble. Pyramidal slate roof. Single double
stone stack to the rear and central weather vane. Dogtooth
eaves. Set on a plinth. 3 storeys, single bay. Central single
late C19 canted bay with casement windows. Above are 2 arched
casements with flush ashlar surrounds. In the top floor is a
single arched opening with flush ashlar surround and wooden
traceried panel. To the right, set back, is a 2 storey, 2 bay
late C19 wing with single double stone stack to the rear. In the
re-entrant angle is a stone and slate open porch with a C20 inner
door. There is a single fixed light on the first floor. The
south east gable with decorative bargeboard and quoins has a
single projecting bay with casements. Above are 2 arched
casements with flush ashlar quoin surrounds. In the top floor
of the pigeoncote is a rectangular opening with flush ashlar
surround. To the right, set back, is a gabled single storey plus
attic single bay wing with decorative barge board, single arched
casement in flush ashlar surround on each floor.

Listing NGR: SK5951186298

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26297821

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.

Recommended Books

• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990