Pigeoncote - Main Street - Epperstone, Nottinghamshire - Dovecotes on Waymarking.com

"Pigeoncote and attached gateways, barn and wall. Early C18, late C18, late C19. Red brick and ashlar. Early C18 pigeoncote. Red brick. Pyramidal plain tile roof. First floor band. Rear with doorway with chamfered flush ashlar quoin surround and plank door. Above is a single panel with raised brick surround and 2 rows of openings for birds. Attached to the left is a C19 restored coped ashlar wall extending for a single metre with ashlar pier and pyramidal shaped coping. Central double iron gate, having a similar single pier to the left, the wall further left is set on a plinth and extends for 2 metres, being broken by a chamfered arched doorway with plank door, the wall is higher over the doorway. to the right of the pigeoncote is a C19 ashlar gateway. Decorative iron gate in chamfered arched surround, moulded spandrels and Tudor style hood mould. Either side are single stepped buttresses. The wall over the gateway is stepped with shaped coping, the central section rising to form a gable. In the apex is a segmental pointed arched panel decorated with coat of arms. Attached to the right is the late C18 red brick and pantile barn. Set on a rubble plinth. Dentil eaves. Doorway with plank door, with single opening above right. 4 cross tie plates. Attached to the right is a red brick wall with rock face ashlar coping, this extends for 22 metres."

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