Description

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SK 78 SE
5/89

SOUTH LEVERTON
RETFORD ROAD (south side)
The Old Dovecote

(Formerly listed as Church Farm Cottage)

GV
II
Pigeoncote, now house. Mid C18. Brick with plain tile, pantile and asbestos cement tile roof. Alighting shelves, cogged eaves and eaves band, crowstepped gables, single central ridge stack. Three storeys plus garrets, two bays, continuous rear outshut. To left, single storey, single bay porch, C19, brick with pantile roof. Main south front has to left, single Yorkshire sash and to right, plank door. To right again, single glazing bar sash flanked by single doors, that to left with segmental head. Above, to left, single glazing bar sash, and to right, small casement in large altered opening. Above again, to left, single glazing bar sash and central group of 6 shelves, flanked by single groups of five shelves. Above again, two full width shelves. West front has to left, Yorkshire sash with segmental head, and to right a blocked door. Above again, a similar sash and above again, blocked opening to garret. North side has a casement, a Yorkshire sash, and above, another Yorkshire sash.

Listing NGR: SK7826781158

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26565398

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)