Building record 0400101000 - MANOR FARM, HIGH STREET

Summary

Eighteenth century dovecote at Manor Farm

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1214093: DOVECOTE AT MANOR HOUSE (DBC4364)

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  • DOVECOTE (Dated 1704, 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 3m.
Plan Form - Octagonal.
Grade II. Dovecote, now used as store. Dated H.G.A. 1704 on stone plaque in moulded brick frame on N. side. Brick with diaper patterning in vitreous headers, except on N. side. Moulded brick plinth, moulded band course, eaves cornice. Brick pilasters to corners have moulded necking. Old tile roof with lead capping to centre and iron weathervane. Octagonal plan. W. and S.W. sides have windows with wooden grills, E. side has hipped dormer with leaded lights, doors to N. and S. N. doorway has segmental head. Interior is complete with about 800 ogee-arched nesting boxes. RCHM II p. 278 Mon. 7 (B6).
Is about 5 yards SW of Manor Farm (B1).
At NGR (B4).
Detailed building description and history with plan, section and photographs (B7).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p752.
  • <2>SBC20467 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1913. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 2. pp277-278.
  • <4>SBC10479 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS 1979 1:2500 MAP. Paper. 1:2,500.
  • <5>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p243.
  • <6>SBC20017 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bucks: Aylesbury Vale: Parishes of Dunton &C. p51.
  • <7>SBC19027 Article in serial: John McCann. 1994. 'An Eighteenth-Century Dovecote at Stewkley', in Recs of Bucks 36 pp120-128. Vol 36.

Location

Grid reference SP 85222 25678 (point)
Civil Parish STEWKLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13590)

Record last edited

Oct 28 2024 6:02PM

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