Description

SK 80 NW BROOKE BROOKE ROAD

1/58 Brooke Priory: Dovecote

14.6.54

GV II

Dovecote, formerly lodge to mansion built on site of Brooke Priory in late
C16. Small octagonal structure, ashlar with stone tiled roofs and moulded
stone cornice. Projecting chimney stack on one face, and on S. face, a 4-
centred arched door with hoodmould, and over it, a long window with stone
balusters either side West face has 3-light stone ovolo moulded mullion
to 1st floor, partially blocked, and a shield above. Similar window in
opposite side.

The lodge and adjacent gateway were part of a mansion built in the late
C16. The lodge was made into a dovecote in the C18.

Listing NGR: SK8459806126

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26510224

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments