Description

SE 34 NE SPOFFORTH WITH STOCKELD HARROGATE ROAD

(west side, off)

7/85 Pigeon house
approximately 120 metres
north of Stockeld Park
House

11/7/83

II*

Pigeon house, now a store. c1758-63, probably by James Paine for William
Middleton. Coursed gritstone and ashlar, stone slate roof. 2-storey
octagonal building with entrance on north side. Chamfered quoins, C19,
4-panel door with Gibbs surround and double keystone under a triangular
pediment. Louvered round-arched opening above. Projecting string-course at
first-floor level, moulded eaves cornice. The shallow roof has a wooden
lantern with lead roof and finial. East and west walls have alcove with
keyed oculus above. South side has blocked doorway with louvered opening
above. Interior is lined in brick and has nesting holes for approximately
500 birds. A wooden floor was inserted probably late C19.

Listing NGR: SE3717449428

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17536657

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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