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Latitude: 52.1664 / 52°9'59"N
Longitude: -1.8161 / 1°48'57"W
OS Eastings: 412675
OS Northings: 252032
OS Grid: SP126520
Mapcode National: GBR 4M1.3NK
Mapcode Global: VHB0H.GTR3
Plus Code: 9C4W558M+HH
Entry Name: Dovecote Approximately 70 Metres South West of Hillborough Manor House
Listing Date: 6 February 1952
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1382783
English Heritage Legacy ID: 483169
ID on this website: 101382783
Location: Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, B50
County: Warwickshire
District: Stratford-on-Avon
Civil Parish: Temple Grafton
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire
Church of England Parish: Temple Grafton
Church of England Diocese: Coventry
Tagged with: Dovecote
TEMPLE GRAFTON
SP15SW HILLBOROUGH
1931-1/3/104 Dovecote approx. 70m south-west of
06/02/52 Hillborough Manor House
(Formerly Listed as:
Dovecote at Hillborough Manor)
GV II
Formerly known as: Pigeon House Hillborough.
Dovecote. Probably C17 or earlier. Narrow coursed blue lias
rubble with some wide courses; conical tile roof. Circular
plan, 7.5m in diameter.
EXTERIOR: low entrance to north has heavy frame to C20
wide-boarded door; lantern has conical roof with weather-vane.
INTERIOR: walls lined with stone nesting boxes and ledges;
central inserted brick pier; noted as having 900 nesting boxes
and 1m thick walls.
(Victoria County Histories: Styles P: Victoria History of the
County of Warwickshire: 1945-: 94-6; Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-: 433;
Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society: Beacham MJA:
Dovecotes in England: An introduction and gazetteer: 1990-:
85-131).
Listing NGR: SP1267552032
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