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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 SE 234
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:WALL, STABLES AND DOVECOTE SOUTH OF TUNSTALL HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1699


Grid Reference:TQ 89425 61806
Map Sheet:TQ86SE
Parish:TUNSTALL, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Post Medieval - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1320376: WALL, STABLES AND DOVECOT SOUTH OF TUNSTALL HOUSE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 86 SE TUNSTALL TUNSTALL ROAD (west side)
5/65 Wall, stables and dovecot 27.8.52 south Tunstall House
GV II
Garden wall, dovecot and stables. C17. Chequered red and blue brick in English bond and plain tiled roofs. The wall extends approx 70 yards along road to east of Tunstall House, and returns to enclose courtyard approx. 50 yards with series of weathered but- tresses (22 to road front), 2 sets of gate piers with cornices and ball finials to east, and one set to west (rear wall of courtyard). In the south-east corner, the stables, 2 storeys on plinth, with plat band and hipped roof with stacks to rear right and centre. 3 leaded wood casements on first floor, 2 segment headed wood case- ments on ground floor and boarded door to left. Double door and tiled pentice to centre and board door right. In the south- west corner, a dovecot, 1 storey on plinth with plat band, hipped roof and lantern, 1 hipped dormer, and central board door.
Listing NGR: TQ8946161825

Additional bibliography. (2)


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> English Heritage, 1995, Monuments Protection Programme, Step 1 Report - Dovecotes (Unpublished document). SKE16578.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<2>Unpublished document: English Heritage. 1995. Monuments Protection Programme, Step 1 Report - Dovecotes.