Approximate Location Map
Large Map »
Latitude: 52.0029 / 52°0'10"N
Longitude: -1.8612 / 1°51'40"W
OS Eastings: 409624
OS Northings: 233841
OS Grid: SP096338
Mapcode National: GBR 3ML.J7P
Mapcode Global: VHB17.PXFF
Plus Code: 9C4W243Q+5G
Entry Name: Dovecote and Adjoining Gateway, Snowshill Manor
Listing Date: 4 July 1960
Last Amended: 7 September 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1091822
English Heritage Legacy ID: 134831
ID on this website: 101091822
Location: Snowshill, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, WR12
County: Gloucestershire
District: Tewkesbury
Civil Parish: Snowshill
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire
Church of England Parish: Stanton and Snowshill
Church of England Diocese: Gloucester
Tagged with: Dovecote
SNOWSHILL SNOWSHILL VILLAGE
SP 0833-0933
12/50 Dovecote and adjoining gateway,
Snowshill Manor (formerly listed as
4.7.60 part of Snowshill Manor with dove-
cote and garden buildings)
GV II
Dovecote and gateway. Late C16 or C17 dovecote, c1920 gateway, by
and for C.P. Wade. Roughly squared, coursed stone with stone
slate roof to dovecote; random rubble wall, ashlar gate posts:
wooden gates. Dovecote square, no loft; gates in wall from one
corner. Elevation towards house: boarded door with timber lintel
on right, parapet gables, cross-gablet apices. Central, gabled
glover on ridge, roof supported on timber posts, sides open.
Right return window with stone lintel in gable, filled with wooden
'eggcrate'; boards below for landing platform. Set back on right
return wall to gate, flat stone capping, sweeping up to square
ashlar pier, moulded cap, cavetto to ball finial. Timber bar
across to similar gate pier and wall, extending to garden house
(q.v.). Double wooden gates, panelled below, bars above: 3 semi-
circular steps beyond down to lower level.
Interior: nests in rows in stone walls, as projecting strips:
original entrance in back wall. One pair purlins to roof, plank
ridge. Forms group with House and garden buildings (q.v.).
(Snowshill Manor, 1985, National Trust guidebook)
Listing NGR: SP0962433841
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
