Description

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP1954NE GROVE ROAD 604-1/9/91 (East side) 05/06/79 Dovecote immediately south-west of Magistrates' Court (not included) (Formerly Listed as: GROVE ROAD Dovecote at SW corner of County Police HQ and Magistrates' Court)

GV II

Dovecote. C17 with later alteration and restoration. Red brick with some buff headers; pyramidal tile roof with lantern. Eaves have chamfered brick infill between rafter ends. Front has blind wall. Left return has buff headers; right return has brick platt band and much C20 repair, entrance with concrete lintel over C20 plank door, upper entrance has pigeon holes in panel over C20 plank door; rear has later lean-to outshut with blocked wide entrance, blocked opening to upper floor. Restored square lantern with hipped roof and leaded glazing has good weathervane with 'JH' (ie Joseph Hunt, 1645-1720) and the date: 1684 pierced in pennant. An interesting survival.

Listing NGR: SP1976554818

External Links

• Wikidata Q26500678

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)