Building record M15540 - BARN AT MANOR HOUSE

Summary

DOVECOTE (Tudor to Elizabethan)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 74003 90735 (8m by 8m)
Map sheet SK79SW
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Gringley on the Hill, Bassetlaw

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Dovecote, at the Manor House, facing High Street adjacent to house. Rectangluar brick structure built 16th Century, part of complex. Double pitched roof with pantiles. External Dimensions 24 ft by 21 ft (original size). Upper of two storeys, no current use. Brick tile nest holes, dimensions: beds 12 in by 8 in by 1 in; uprights 10 in by 8 in. Appears that dividing wall is not original and dovecote was double present size. All nest boxes removed from one compartment. (1)


<1> Woolrich AE, 1988, Details of Dovecotes of Notts, p 9 (Unpublished document). SNT1779.

<2> Severn J, 1986, Dovecotes of Notts (Published document). SNT1255.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Woolrich AE. 1988. Details of Dovecotes of Notts. p 9.
  • <2> Published document: Severn J. 1986. Dovecotes of Notts.

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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