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Monument Number 766956
Hob Uid: 766956
Location : Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane Old Basing and Lychpit
Grid Ref : SU6635052590
Summary : 16th century dovecote at Basing House, built in an angle of a garden wall. Irregular octagon on plan with a conical hipped tile roof and built of brick in English bond, with diaper patterning in blue headers. The doorway has a heavy solid frame; in the roof above this is a dormer with a weather-boarded front of ledges and pigeon-holes.
More information : Centred to SU66355259 (Basing House) Dovecote. (1) SU6652 Octagonal dovecote in the remains of early formal gardens, 1530-60. (2) SU6652, 6653 Basing House, Dovecote 16th c. Inserted at the angle in the Garden wall. An irregular octagon with a conical hipped tile roof surmounted by a finial, the eaves being heavy beams on projecting brackets. Red brickwork in English bond, with diaper patterning (incomplete) in blue headers; offset and plinths. The doorway has a heavy solid frame; in the roof above this is a dormer with a weather-boarded front of ledges and pigeon-holes. [Full description] Listed grade II*. (3)

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Source details : OS 1: 10560, 1962
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Source details : Hampshire (May 1987)
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Source details : DOE (HHR) District of Basingstoke and Deane, 17 October 1984 (117)
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External Cross Reference Number : SU 65 SE 45
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Monument Number 766956