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Latitude: 53.3759 / 53°22'33"N
Longitude: -1.1557 / 1°9'20"W
OS Eastings: 456265
OS Northings: 386897
OS Grid: SK562868
Mapcode National: GBR NYCD.LJ
Mapcode Global: WHDDV.6DXS
Plus Code: 9C5W9RGV+9P
Entry Name: Dovecote Approximately 75 Metres to South West of Church Rooms
Listing Date: 29 July 1966
Last Amended: 15 October 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1132675
English Heritage Legacy ID: 335799
ID on this website: 101132675
Location: Letwell, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S81
County: Rotherham
Civil Parish: Letwell
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): South Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Firbeck with Letwell
Church of England Diocese: Sheffield
Tagged with: Dovecote
SK58NE
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29.7.66
LETWELL
BARKER HADES ROAD
(south side, off)
Dovecote approximately 75 metres to south west of Church Rooms
(formerly listed as The Dovecote)
GV
II
Dovecote. Probably late C18, renovated c1982. Stone plinth; red brick in
Flemish bond; stone slate eaves course to tile roof. Octagonal, 2-storey
elevations. Plinth. Doorway in south-east side has boarded door in rock-faced
surround with keystone worked on lintel; no other openings on lower storey.
1st-floor string course beneath round-arched recess on each face; recess above
door and that to right have pigeon holes. Eaves dentil course. Hipped roof
with lead ridges and louvred glover having weathervane.
Interior: central post with revolving ladder; tiers of nesting holes beneath
segmental arches. Originally associated with South Farm; renovated by the
Council for Preservation of Rural England.
Listing NGR: SK5626586897
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