Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK5239NW DOVECOTE DRIVE, Wollaton
646-1/16/199 (South East side)
02/07/69 The Dovecote

II

Formerly known as: The Dovecote BRAMCOTE LANE.
Dovecote, now disused. 1585. For Sir Francis Willoughby of
Wollaton Hall (qv). Altered early C19. Restored 1987. Red
brick, with pantile roof and plain tile verges. Square wooden
glover, renewed, with pyramidal roof. Plinth, string courses
and eaves band. 2 storeys, rectangular plan. South front has a
central 4-centred arched brick doorcase with drip mould. North
side has to right a board stable door flanked by 2-light
casements, renewed, all segment-headed. To left, a blocked
window. Door in gable end.
INTERIOR has an inserted floor at one end, and retains many of
the original brick nest boxes.
An ancillary building to Wollaton Old Hall, which was nearby.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London:
1979-: 274-275; Dovecotes of Nottinghamshire: Severn J:
Cromwell, Notts.: 1986-).

Listing NGR: SK5230439758

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539894

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