Building record 0423101000 - KENNEL FARM
Summary
Early nineteenth century dovecote at Kennel Farm, built about 1800 and later used as a granary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1238046: DOVECOTE AT KENNEL FARM
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Type and Period (2)
- DOVECOTE (Built about 1800, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- GRANARY (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Plan Form - Circular.
Dovecote built by Mr T D T Drake c.1800. Cylindrical brick structure 7m diameter. With 1000 recesses for birds, each 400mm wide, 230mm deep. By 1923 building turned into granary (B1-3).
Still in use as granary 1978 (B1).
Grade II. Probably C18. Large circular structure of brick, now colourwashed, but evidently red with black header pattern. Plain doorway, small stepped cornice to later low pitched roof covered with slates. Inside is a regular disposition of brick ledges and nesting boxes (B6).
Sources (4)
- <1>SBC1446 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 4231..
- <2>SBC12436 Bibliographic reference: PRIEST, ST.J. 1810 GENERAL VIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PP38-40..
- <3>SBC4545 Bibliographic reference: ELAND, G. 1923 IN BUCKS PP90-91.
- <6>SBC19816 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Amersham, Chesham Bois and Coleshill. p74.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 93141 98724 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Mar 5 2023 11:30PM
