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Dovecote About 20 Yards North of Hellens

A Grade II* Listed Building in Much Marcle, County of Herefordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9968 / 51°59'48"N

Longitude: -2.4945 / 2°29'40"W

OS Eastings: 366144

OS Northings: 233269

OS Grid: SO661332

Mapcode National: GBR FW.J7W8

Mapcode Global: VH865.Q23K

Entry Name: Dovecote About 20 Yards North of Hellens

Listing Date: 18 November 1952

Last Amended: 4 December 1985

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1303025

English Heritage Legacy ID: 152719

Location: Much Marcle, County of Herefordshire, HR8

County: County of Herefordshire

Civil Parish: Much Marcle

Traditional County: Herefordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Herefordshire

Church of England Parish: Much Marcle with Yatton

Church of England Diocese: Hereford

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Listing Text

MUCH MARCLE CP -
SO 63 SE

8/54 Dovecote about 20 yards
north of Hellens (formerly
18.11.52 listed as Hellens
with Dovecote)

GV II*

Dovecote. "1641/ W / FM " on west side. Brick, plaster quoins and string
courses, tiled roof and wooden glover. Octagonal. Two almost continuous
string courses, square and diamond patterns in brickwork, chamfered 4-centred
doorway to south side above which is an inserted C18 or early C19 segmentally-
headed window which interrupts the lower string course. Interior: remains of
bottom part of potence; about 20 rows of sawn-off tenons indicate that there
were projecting nesting ledges rather than hollowed-out nests. (RCHM Vol II,
p 131).


Listing NGR: SO6614433269

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