Description

NZ 2522 HEIGHINGTON HEIGHINGTON LANE
(South side)
11/51 Dovecote and
outbuildings
north-west of
Trafalgar House
GV II
Dovecote and flanking outbuildings, now storage. Circa 1815. Dressed and
rubble sandstone. Welsh slate, pantiled and concrete-tiled roofs. Brick
chimney stack. Dovecote with L-plan range of 2 loose-boxes to right and
detached outbuilding to left.
Square-plan,2-storey dovecote has tooled-and-margined quoins. First-floor
boarded opening. Pyramidal Welsh slate roof and octagonal wood glover with
lead-covered ogee cap and vane. Boarded door under wedge lintel on rear.
Single-storey lean-to loose-boxes against boundary wall (q.v.). Boarded doors,
breathers and low-pitched pantiled roof with coped gables.
Long, single-storey detached outbuilding has tooled-and-margined quoins.
Altered openings. Low-pitched hipped roof with concrete tiles. Rebuilt ridge
stack. Side facing Trafalgar House has large vehicle opening, 16-pane
horizontal-sliding sash and 3 tall boarded doors.
Outbuilding and loose-boxes included for group value.

Listing NGR: NZ2517922460

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26606091

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