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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 25 SE 219 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | DOVECOTE ABOUT 100 METRES NORTH WEST OF KNOWLTON COURT |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1732 18th century dovecote, Red brick with some blue headers and plain tiled roof. Octagonal plan. Interior: pigeon shelves and boxing reported as surviving.
| Grid Reference: | TR 28076 53394 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR25SE |
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| Parish: | GOODNESTONE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DOVECOTE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II*) 1070289: DOVECOT ABOUT 100 METRES NORTH WEST OF KNOWLTON COURT |
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Full description
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Description from record TR 25 SE 39 :
An 18th c. dovecoe, octagonal in plan, about 100 metres NW of Knowlton Court (shown but not described on OS 1:2500 1957 at TR 28075339) Grade II*. (1)(2)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
GOODNESTONE KNOWLTON TR 25 SE 3/69 Dovecot about 100 metres north 11.10.63 west of Knowlton Court GV II* Dovecoe. Early C18. Red brick with some blue headers with plain tiled roof. Octagonal plan. Plinth and plat band and unmoulded wooden eaves cornice to roof with small leaded dormers, and wooden and leaded cupola. Boarded door in semi-circular rebated surround to east, wooden casements to north and to west, and buttressed to the south west. Interior, pigeon shelves and boxing reported surviving.
Listing NGR: TR2813653331 (3)
Additional bibliography. (4)
<1> DOE (HHR) Dist of Dover 1986 31 (OS Card Reference). SKE40245.
<2> BOE NE and E Kent 1983 369 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38241.
<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<4> English Heritage, 1995, Monuments Protection Programme, Step 1 Report - Dovecotes (Unpublished document). SKE16578.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Dover 1986 31. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: BOE NE and E Kent 1983 369 (J Newman). |
| <3>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #25796 Listed Building, ] |
| <4> | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 1995. Monuments Protection Programme, Step 1 Report - Dovecotes. |
