Dovecote at Foxhall Newydd including adjoining Walls, Henllan, Denbighshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1956 / 53°11'43"N

Longitude: -3.4531 / 3°27'11"W

OS Eastings: 303020

OS Northings: 367482

OS Grid: SJ030674

Mapcode National: GBR 6L.2MPF

Mapcode Global: WH65P.XYV3

Plus Code: 9C5R5GWW+6Q

Entry Name: Dovecote at Foxhall Newydd including adjoining Walls

Listing Date: 24 October 1950

Last Amended: 29 June 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1056

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300001056

Location: Located a short distance to the E of Foxhall Newydd, some 250m W of Foxhall.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Henllan

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Dovecote

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History

Early C17 dovecote, built to serve Foxhall Newydd, erected by John Panton, Chief Secretary to the Lord Keeper and Recorder of Denbigh between 1592 and 1608. The adjoining rubble walls basically contemporary or near contemporary, though they have been extensively repaired in recent years.

Exterior

Rectangular dovecote with gabled ends; of limestone rubble construction with chamfered plinth. The entrance faces the house ruins to the SW and there is a breach in the NE gable; small square openings to each gable.

Interior

There are tiers of nesting niches built in a grid around the interior.

Reasons for Listing

Listed, notwithstanding condition, for its special interest as an early C17 dovecote with associated walls.

Group value with Foxhall Newydd.

Scheduled Ancient Monument. (AM 55 RCAM 221.)

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Other nearby listed buildings

I Foxhall Newydd
Located at the southern edge of Foxhall Woods, some 250m W of Foxhall and 1km SE of Henllan; accessed via a track running W from Foxhall.
II Former Domestic Range adjoining Foxhall Newydd ruins to the SW
Adjoining the ruins of the primary range at Foxhall Newydd.
II* Foxhall including adjoining Garden and Yard Walls to the SE and SW
Located within its own grounds approximately 1.5 km SE of Henllan; accessed via a long track running W from the Denbigh to Henllan road.
II Carthouse and Stable Range at Foxhall
Located a short distance to the NE of Foxhall closing the farmyard on the NE side.
II Brewhouse at Foxhall
Located a short distance to the E of Foxhall at the northern corner of the main garden.
II Bryn Tirion
Located below the level of the road, at the bottom of a short slope.
II Plas Meifod
Within a farmyard group at the eastern edge of the village, accessed from the road via a short track; the house faces the farmyard behind a narrow, rubble-walled forecourt.
II Llindir Inn
Located at the western end of the village, set back slightly at the corner of the road.

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Dovecote at Foxhall Newydd including adjoining Walls

A Grade II Listed Building in Henllan, Denbighshire