Description

ALDBROUGH LUCY CROSS ROAD
NZ 2011-2111 (east side)

11/18 Aldbrough St John
Pigeoncote at Manor Farm
(formerly listed as
16.6.78 Pigeon House at Manor
Farmhouse)

GV II

Pigeoncote. Dated 1832. For the Duke of Northumberland. Rubble with
ashlar dressings, Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 1 bay. Ashlar plinth, and
quoins with herringbone tooling with draughted margins. Moulded first-floor
sill band. Main elevation to north-west: on ground floor, board stable door
in ashlar surround with hoodmould; above it, recessed ashlar plaque
inscribed "TR"; first-floor shuttered vent in chamfered ashlar surround;
1832
hipped roof, with lead over hips; timber glover, formerly with ball finial.
South-west side: imitation board door in surround matching that already
described, first-floor vent as before. Other 2 sides have first-floor
vents. Interior: brick lining to walls, forming nest boxes on first floor.
The building is a charming affectation expressing the status of the farm
complex.

Listing NGR: NZ2052511639

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26603178

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (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]
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings