Building record 0047102000 - DOVECOTE AT CHURCH FARM, EDLESBOROUGH

Dimensions - Length 6m, Width 5m.
Plan Form - Rectangular.
Part of Scheduled Ancient Monument; also listed grade II. Dovecote. Mid C18. Red and vitreous brick, old tile roof. Small rectangular building, each gable with 4 entrance holes, the E. gable also having a door with rectangular barred fanlight. Contains about 350 nesting boxes with rectangular openings and continuous brick ledges below. Roof has 2 queen strut trusses, one altered. On moated site. RCHM II p. 110 Mon. 4 (part)(B13).
NGR to dovecote (B15).
A small square dovecote which retains two supporting timbers of a lantern. In 1982, it was reported that an elm had fallen onto the roof. The roof was repaired, but a large crack was seen in the east gable and another in the west wall. The structure was also reported to be slipping into the moat. In 1991, the dovecote was reported as not having been repaired. The external walls were covered with ivy and the interior dense with weeds. Recommended for de-scheduling (B16).
Added to Historic England's Heritage at Risk register in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Dovecote at risk due to structural cracking, water ingress through the roof and proximity to the moat. A project needs to be initiated to address these issues. Condition described as poor and priority as A: Immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric; no solution agreed (B17-21).