Building record 0461100000 - AT GATE COTTAGE, HORSENDEN

Summary

Eighteenth to nineteenth century timber-framed dovecote, with twentieth century renovation.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1125827: DOVECOTE AT GATE COTTAGE

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Type and Period (4)

  • DOVECOTE (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)
  • GARAGE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • (Former Type) SHED (20th Century - 1900 AD? to 1999 AD?)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Plan Form - Square.
Grade II. Dovecote and garage. C18-early C19, much renovated C20. Timber frame and weatherboard, pyramid tiled roofs. Lower stage has 3 bays open to front with curved braces to wall-plate. From the centre of this rises a square tower with similar central turret. Each side of turret has 9 arched entries for doves (B2).
Previously ground floor used as a shed (B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p171.
  • <2>SBC22140 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p85.

Location

Grid reference SP 79471 02967 (point)
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Oct 27 2024 8:41PM

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