Description

STADHAMPTON B480
SU69NW (South side)
Ascott
6/114 Dovecote approx. 100m. NW of
18/07/63 Ascott Park Farmhouse
(Formerly listed as Ascott
House Dovecote and Workshop
Pavilion)

GV II*

Dovecote. C16. Red brick with some vitrified headers; old plain-tile roof.
Octagonal plan. Single storey. Walls have a corbel table of moulded bricks
forming trefoiled arches; grey vitrified headers form patterns of horizontal
zig-zag, diaper and Flemish-bond chequer on wall surfaces below. Doorway and
3-light casement are later insertions. Roof has 4 small dormer openings and a
low central glover. Interior: circular plan. Walls have tiers of nesting boxes.
Roof has butt purlins and is probably largely original. Formed part of the
formal gardens of Ascott Park.
(Ascott Park is included in the HBMC County Register of Gardens at Grade II;
V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.VII, p.121; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.776;
F. Woodward: Oxfordshire Parks, 1982).

Listing NGR: SU6110198254

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26574667

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (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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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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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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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)