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Latitude: 52.6925 / 52°41'33"N
Longitude: -0.6434 / 0°38'36"W
OS Eastings: 491784
OS Northings: 311399
OS Grid: SK917113
Mapcode National: GBR DSV.05F
Mapcode Global: WHGLN.2LW6
Plus Code: 9C4XM9V4+2J
Entry Name: Dovecote
Listing Date: 18 September 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1361511
English Heritage Legacy ID: 187339
ID on this website: 101361511
Location: Exton, Rutland, LE15
County: Rutland
Civil Parish: Exton and Horn
Traditional County: Rutland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Rutland
Church of England Parish: Exton with Horn St Peter and St Paul
Church of England Diocese: Peterborough
Tagged with: Dovecote
SK 91 SW EXTON EXTON PARK
4/55 Dove Cote
GV II
Large dovecote overlooking lake, late C18. Coursed squared rubble. Octagonal
2 storeys, with central ball finial and pinnacles. Projecting loggia round
4 southerly sides, with chamfered 4-centred arches, and shields in
spandrels. Beneath the loggia, a timbered roof on corbels, stone
feeding troughs for cattle, and blank windows with shallow arched head,
with voussoirs. Entrance to north, a flat archway with voussoirs at
1st floor level, arched and chamfered blank openings with dummy glazing
bars, and a timber eaves cornice with entrance holes for doves above
the stone cornice. Within, the upper walls are lined with nesting ledges,
and there is a potence.
Listing NGR: SK9269911215
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