Summary

SE 45 NW
449-/3/10003

ALLERTON MAULEVERER WITH HOPPERTON
ALLERTON PARK
Dovecote attached to the north of The Stables

GV
II
Dovecote within a range of farmbuildings. Late C18. Possibly designed by Henry Holland. Red brick with hipped slate roof Single storey. To the north a brick, round headed carriage arch linked to the stables (qv). The west front has a pair of large, off-centre carriage doors with to the right two cross casements with a stable door between, and beyond a three-light window. To the left an inserted two-light window, a blocked window, a door, a two-light glazing bar window, a blocked doorway, a four-light window and another blocked doorway. Above a square wooden lantern with slate roof and 3 rows of flight openings on the east and west fronts.

Interior: to the dovecote has three rows of free standing flight boxes, five tiers high with the boxes arranged 11,10,11,10,11 on either side. These flight boxes are made of terracotta, and they each have a round arched entrance and a flight perch.

This building is included on the list because it is a unique type of dovecote, with the fight boxes arranged in freestanding rows.

Listing NGR: SE4151258123

Description

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SE 45 NW
449-/3/10003

ALLERTON MAULEVERER WITH HOPPERTON
ALLERTON PARK
Dovecote attached to the north of The Stables

GV
II

Dovecote within a range of farmbuildings. Late C18. Possibly designed by Henry Holland. Red brick with hipped slate roof. Single storey. To the north a brick, round headed carriage arch linked to the stables (qv). The west front has a pair of large, off-centre carriage doors with to the right two cross casements with a stable door between, and beyond a three-light window. To the left an inserted two-light window, a blocked window, a door, a two-light glazing bar window, a blocked doorway, a four-light window and another blocked doorway. Above a square wooden lantern with slate roof and three rows of flight openings on the east and west fronts.

Interior: to the dovecote has three rows of free standing flight boxes, five tiers high with the boxes arranged 11,10,11,10,11 on either side. These flight boxes are made of terracotta, and they each have a round arched entrance and a flight perch.

This building is included on the list because it is a unique type of dovecote, with the flight boxes arranged in freestanding rows.

Listing NGR: SE4150958122

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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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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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)