Latitude: 51.9221 / 51°55'19"N
Longitude: -0.1262 / 0°7'34"W
OS Eastings: 528954
OS Northings: 226500
OS Grid: TL289265
Mapcode National: GBR J7S.JWT
Mapcode Global: VHGNV.RYMD
Plus Code: 9C3XWVCF+RG
Entry Name: Dovecote at Manor Farm (30 Metres to South of House)
Listing Date: 4 February 1959
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1175945
English Heritage Legacy ID: 159689
ID on this website: 101175945
Location: Walkern, East Hertfordshire, SG2
County: Hertfordshire
District: East Hertfordshire
Civil Parish: Walkern
Built-Up Area: Walkern
Traditional County: Hertfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire
Church of England Parish: Walkern
Church of England Diocese: St.Albans
Tagged with: Dovecote
TL 2826 WALKERN HIGH STREET (west side)
7/8 Dovecote at Manor Farm 4.2.59 (30m to S of house)
GV II*
Dovecote. Circa 1700. Red brick in Flemish-bond with dark headers and fine gauged red brick dressings. Steep octagonal roof with cupola and ovoid finial. A tall octagonal tower overlooking a pond with entrances at N (to granary below) and NW (to upper dovecote) with ornamentation mainly on E, SE and S faces. High plinth with semi-circular arched openings to ventilate below granary floor. Corresponding oval openings in deep platband now blocked. Segmental arches to plank doors at 2 levels. Interior has brick nest boxes and shelves all round upper chamber with heavy timber floor over granary. Purlin roof with a cross of large tie-beams. Octagonal oculus to cupola. (Pevsner (1977) 373).
Listing NGR: TL2895426500
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