Description

CORNBURY AND WYCHWOOD SOUTH HILL
SP31NE
6/21 Dovecote and attached
outbuilding approx. 10m N of
South Hill House and No.3
(both not included)

- II

Dovecote and outbuilding. Probably late C17 or early C18, Coursed limestone
rubble with stone slate roof and dovecote of squared and coursed limestone with
stone dressings and pyramidal stone slate roof with lead finial. On 2 levels,
with one-storey outbuilding and square dovecote at the south-west end of 2
storeys over basement. South-west front of dovecote: lunette loft opening with
moulded cill. Boarded ground-floor door with wooden lintel and 3 square openings
above in large decayed stone lintel. Left-hand return front has central window
with wooden lintel and 2 boarded doors with wooden lintel (the right-hand one is
a basement door to the dovecote). Interior of dovecote: 3 tiers of nesting boxes
in walls with wooden ledges and spacers. Central wooden potence. Roof with
crossed tie-beams.

Listing NGR: SP3584917861

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26304851

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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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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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)