Description

CULHAM THE GREEN
SU5094 (South side)
12/3918/07/65 Dovecote approx. 75m. W of
Culham Manor
(Formerly listed as dovecote
60 yards W of Culham Manor)

_ II*

Dovecote. Datestone, above door, inscribed "C.B,1685". Built for Sir Cecil
Bisshopp (or Bishop). Coursed stone rubble plinth with brick coping; coursed
stone rubble with brick dressings; old plain-tile roof; 2 timber-framed glovers
with gabled old plain-tile roofs on ridge, to left and right of centre,
Rectangular 2-cell plan. 2-storey, 2 bay range. Central plank door with brick
surround and brick hood mould. Brick string course below eaves. 2 openings to
central cross-gable, and to opposing cross-gable to rear. Segmental-arched
opening to each end. Interior: complex timber-framed roof structure. 2 cells
lined with 3,329 brick nesting boxes. Reputed to be the second largest dovecote
in England.
(V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.7, 1962, p.29; Country Life, Vol.108, 1950, July 14th,
p.133).

Listing NGR: SU5008694882

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17549205

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)