Description

SK 67 NE ELKESLEY HIGH STREET
(south side)

2/43 Range of farm-
buildings at
Portland Farm

G.V. II

Pigeoncote, stable blocks and barn. 1804 with later C19
alterations. Red brick. Pantile roofs. 2 storey plus attic,
central 2 bay pigeoncote flanked by single storey, 4 bay stable
blocks. The pigeoncote has a single external red brick stack to
the right and has a dentil and raised brick band forming a
pediment in the gable. All have dentil eaves. Pigeoncote has a
single wooden slatted opening with glazing bar overlight under
segmental arch and a doorway with ashlar hinge blocks and plank
door under segmental arch to the left. Further left, in the
stable block, is a single similar opening, a similar doorway, a
single similar opening and finally a single low opening with
wooden door. In the stable block to the right is a single
similar slatted opening, a doorway with double C20 door and
ashlar hinge blocks and further right 2 similar slatted openings.
Above in the pigeoncote is an arched ashlar panel dated 1804 with
entrances for pigeons and 2 rows of ashlar perches. In the
pediment is a single round owl opening. Projecting from the
right of the right stable block is a single storey, 3 bay stable
block with raised eaves band and 2 similar slatted openings with,
to the right, a similar doorway. Attached to the right and
projecting is a 2 storey barn with dogtooth eaves and altered
openings. Projecting from the right of the barn is a heightened
2 storey, 8 bay stable block with 2 ridge stacks and dentil
eaves. Having glazing bar casements, doorways with wooden doors
under segmental arches and a larger doorway with double door.

Listing NGR: SK6889275542

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26557515

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)