Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662801

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Recommended Books

• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings