Description

MORETON VALENCE -
SO 71 SE
3/221 Combined dovecote, cartshed, stable
and cowhouse to north west of yard
at Moor Farm
II
Large farm building combining dovecote with cart shed below, former
stable to left, cowhouses to right. Dated 1806 with initials W D M
on diagonally set square stone on dovecote. Brick, tile roof:
Long single range of single storey and loft with nearly central 2-
storey square section with dovecote with hipped roof rising to
glazed lantern with pyramidal roof and ball finial. Dovecote has
internal perch holes in brickwork. Large segmental headed cart
archway below with double doors. Former stable to left, now a
small hunting room, with plank door and 2 flanking 2-light windows,
all with cambered heads. Similar openings to right, 3 windows and
2 openings between, that to right to cowhouse with wooden mangers
at rear. Left hand return has flight of 14 stone steps on brick
base to loft door, with small arched opening below platform and
probable kennel hole below steps with stone lintel.

Listing NGR: SO7690910065

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26624535

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)