Description

DESFORD HIGH STREET
SK 40 SE
(South side)
6/14
Pigeoncote at No. 32
7.11.66 (formerly listed as
Dovecote at No 32)
G.V.
II

Pigeoncote, C17 with C19 alterations. Red brick in Flemish bond with burnt
headers, Swithland slate plinth, Swithland slate roof. Square plan with 4
gables. 3 storey 2 bay front with first floor string course. To ground
floor is a planked door and a planked opening. Above is a further single
door and a fixed 2 light window in the gable. All openings have segmental
brick heads. The upper floors have continuous rows of nesting boxes on the
inner wall with brick perches supported on dogtoothed corbels. C19 softwood
roof.

Listing NGR: SK4792703313

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26409777

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]