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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500678

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Recommended Books

• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)