Description

SK 71 SW GADDESBY MAIN STREET

Ashby Folville
(south side)
9/88 Summerhouse, 70 M
north of Ashby
Folville Manor

G.V. II

Pigeoncote, now a summerhouse. Mid C18, converted late C19, with
C20 additions. Brick with dressed stone plinth and pyramidal
Swithland slate roof. Single storey, single bay, square plan.
To west, mid C20 lean-to open shelter over chamfered brick
doorway with hood mould. Above, on each side, a timber framed
gabled dormer with thick glazing bar fixed lights and louvres.
Above, a square timber framed cupola with clock to west face and
thick glazing bar fixed lights to the other faces. Topped by an
ogee leaded cap on shaped brackets, with finial and iron wind-
vane. Interior has brick nest boxes and elaborate clock
mechanism and bell. Cross-framed roof with king post trusses.

Listing NGR: SK7079411934

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26471958

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)