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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 56 SW 152 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | DOVECOTE AT LULLINGSTONE CASTLE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1799. An 18th century dovecote at Lullingstone Castle. Octagonal building faced with flints and red brick quoins at the angles of each side. Slate roof.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5309 6453 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ56SW |
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| Parish: | EYNSFORD, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DOVECOTE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1217174: DOVECOT AT LULLINGSTONE CASTLE |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 EYNSFORD LULLINGSTONE LANE Lullingstone Dovecot at Lullingstone Castle TQ 56 SW 5/65 1.8.52 II GV 2. C18. Octagonal building faced with flints with red brick quoins at the angles of each side. Slate roof. Listing NGR: TQ5301664385 (1)
Description from record TQ 56 SW 92 :
[TQ 5309 6453] Dovecote in the grounds of Lullingstone Castle (TQ 56 SW 18). 18th century octagonal building, faced with flints with red brick quoins. Slate roof. (2)
Dovecote at Lullingstone Castle, Grade II, Lullingstone Lane. 18th century. (For full description see list.) (3)
The dovecote is about 100 yards from the castle and church. It is octagonal in plan, and built of flint and red brick with a conical roof. The "potence" is still in position. (4)
Additional Info (5).
Col.Meates said that an expert had examined the dove-cote and found it to be C18th, not Tudor as in (4). The potence is no longer in position. (6)
Additional bibliography. (6)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> MHLG Schedule Dartford 3541 (1952) (OS Card Reference). SKE47170.
<3> DOE (HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent Oct 1982 24-25 (OS Card Reference). SKE40320.
<4> Dartford Dist Antiq Soc 4 1934 20-1 (OS Card Reference). SKE39644.
<5> Pittman, S., 1983, Lullingstone Park: The Evolution of a Medieval Deer Park, pages 38-39 (Monograph). SKE11893.
<6> Pittman, S, 2003, Additional information from Susan Pittman concerning Lullingstone Park (Unpublished document). SKE11937.
<7> English Heritage, 1995, Monuments Protection Programme, Step 1 Report - Dovecotes (Unpublished document). SKE16578.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #30295 building, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: MHLG Schedule Dartford 3541 (1952). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent Oct 1982 24-25. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Dartford Dist Antiq Soc 4 1934 20-1. |
| <5> | Monograph: Pittman, S.. 1983. Lullingstone Park: The Evolution of a Medieval Deer Park. pages 38-39. |
| <6> | Unpublished document: Pittman, S. 2003. Additional information from Susan Pittman concerning Lullingstone Park. |
| <7> | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 1995. Monuments Protection Programme, Step 1 Report - Dovecotes. |
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