Description

TL8564SE
639-1/8/95
12/07/72

BURY ST EDMUNDS
ABBEY PRECINCTS
Ruins of Abbey Dovecote and part of wall
(Formerly Listed as: Abbey Dovecote)

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Remains of Abbey dovecote with an associated short stretch of
wall. C12 with later alterations. In coursed flint with stone
quoins and dressings.
Originally 2-storey, now roofless; hexagonal. On the ground
storey, the remains of a narrow arched doorway and a small
rectangular window. On the upper storey, a blocked window with
rounded head and a 2-light mullion-and-transom window with
cusping to lights and a rectangular hood-mould are both later
introductions. The wall has the remains of a doorway with
stone surround and 2 wide later openings and was originally
part of a wing of rooms flanking the garden.
INTERIOR: the thickness of the walling is reduced above the
ground storey, leaving a shelf which supported the timbers of
the upper floor. The upper walls have the broken remains of
nesting-boxes.
Scheduled Ancient Monument.
(BOE: Pevsner N: Radcliffe E: Suffolk: London: 1974-: 140).

Listing NGR: TL8576964275

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17526841

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Recommended Books

• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide