Description

YORK

SE54NE BISHOPTHORPE ROAD
1112-1/3/1238 (East side (off))
Dovecote approximately 50 metres
south-east of Middlethorpe Hall

GV II

Dovecote, now wine cellar. Late C17, restored c1980. Red brick
in English garden wall bond with timber landing platform and
timber guttering on scrolled cast-iron spikes; tile pyramidal
roof with timber and glass lantern with lead ogee roof. Square
on plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. To west, C20 board door with segmental
brick arch. Broad brick band between the storeys. Eaves
enclosed by landing platform on shaped brackets beneath single
row of dove holes. Roof is crowned by octagonal lantern with
diamond lattice glazing.
INTERIOR: lined to full height with nesting boxes.
(RCHME: City of York: London: 1972-: 121).

Listing NGR: SE5991948642

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550658

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (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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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments