Pigeon House in Garden of Pigeon House Cottage Britford, England
Listed Building Data
Pigeon House in Garden of Pigeon House Cottage has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1023797
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 23 March 1960
- Name
- PIGEON HOUSE IN GARDEN OF PIGEON HOUSE COTTAGE
- Location
- PIGEON HOUSE IN GARDEN OF PIGEON HOUSE COTTAGE, THE GREEN
- Parish
- Britford
- District
- Wiltshire
- Grid Reference
- SU 16121 28144
- Easting
- 416121.0000
- Northing
- 128144.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
SU 12 NE BRITFORD THE GREEN (east side)
4/36 Pigeon House in garden of Pigeon House Cottage (formerly listed as Dovecote at The Moat) 23/3/60
II
Pigeon house. Late C18. Flemish bond brick, tiled pyramidal mansard roof. Square plan. Open ground floor has one elliptical arch to each side with stone imposts and keystones, springing from square corner piers of English bond brick with round-arched niches. First floor has wooden door on south side with ogee-headed arch over, other three sides have blind ogee-headed arches. Stepped brick cornice. Mansard roof has square pigeon loft with hipped Welsh slate roof. Ground floor has brick cross groin vault. On first floor, interior walls are lined with brick pigeon holes. Formerly the property of Jervoise family and probably contemporary with the building of north front to Moat House in 1766 (q.v.). Forms a picturesque landscsape feature as viewed from south side of Moat House.
Listing NGR: SU1612128144
