Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6518 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Post medieval dovecote, Bayfield Park |
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Summary
A late 18th century dovecote. It is square, built of brick and flint and has a hipped roof of black glazed pantiles. There are slatted openings on the south and west and inside are numerous brick nest boxes. In the 1980s it was derelict, but in 1991 there were plans to restore it.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0569 3966 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG03NE |
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| Parish: | LETHERINGSETT WITH GLANDFORD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Dovecote (S1).
(S2) describes as late 18th century, disused and ruinous. Square, flint and brick plinth, dogs teeth cornice, hipped roof of black glazed pantiles, central wooden glover; door to west, slatted openings south and west. On interior, to north and east three low arches below nine rows of brick nest boxes, twelve per row (on south and west, mostly fallen).
E. Rose (NAU), 23 October 1987.
Architects plans for restoration (1991) (S3) in file.
See newspaper article on dovecotes (S4) in file.
M. Horlock (NLA), 19 August 2002.
Monument Types
- DOVECOTE (17th Century to 21st Century - 1700 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 382. |
| --- | Unpublished Contractor Report: Williamson, T. 1996. Bayfield Hall Estate. Heritage Landscape Management Plan. Volume 4. History. University of East Anglia. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| <S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1985. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000. |
| <S2> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. |
| <S3> | Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans. |
| <S4> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2002. Pure content. 17 August. |
Related records
| 30493 | Part of: Bayfield Park (Monument) |
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