Building record 0063003000 - NE OF NOTLEY ABBEY
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Ancient Monument 1017516: NOTLEY ABBEY: AN AUGUSTINIAN ABBEY AND ASSOCIATED POST-DISSOLUTION DOVECOTE (DBC7103)
- Listed Building (I) 1289102: DOVECOTE TO NORTH EAST OF NOTLEY FARM (DBC4063)
Map
Type and Period (1)
- DOVECOTE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Length 0011 m Width 0009
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
1-3 DOVECOTES BELONGED TO MANOR C16/C17 (B5).
EXISTING DOVECOTE C14?, BUT PROBABLY C16-C17 BUILT OF STONE FROM THE DISSOLVED ABBEY ONLY ONE DOVECOTE NOW SURVIVES. HIGH HIPPED ROOF WITH A DORMER AT THE EAVES ON THE EAST SIDE AND GABLED LOUVRES TO THE CORE OF THE WALLS, OLD TILES (B20).
INTERIOR: SHORT WALLS PROJECT FROM OUTER WALLS, ALL WITH 4-5000 NESTS (B4), MADE OF STONE LAID IN A HONEYCOMB PATTERN. FOUR TALL PIERS ATTACHED TO THE CENTRE OF EACH INTERNAL WALL, PROJECT OUT INTO THE CENTRE OF THE BUILDING, CARRYING AN ADDITIONAL 400 NEST BOXES. THIS ARRANGEMENT IS UNIQUE IN ENGLAND. TIE BEAMS SPANNING THE WALLS AND PIERS WHICH SUPPORT THE POSTS AND BRACED COLLARS CARRYING 3 SETS OF PURLINS (B24).
TRIAL TRENCHING BY BCMAS IN 1993. POST-MEDIEVAL TILE & ?MED ARCHIT FRAGMENTS (B21).
Sources (8)
- ---SBC17908 Aerial Photograph: 06/03/85. CUC RC8-HH-225 (501). SP\704095. Yes.
- <4>SBC12869 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 PPXXV,244-246.
- <5>SBC15307 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 1 PP377-380;4 PP36-37,43.
- <6>SBC4543 Bibliographic reference: ELAND G 1923 IN BUCKS PP92-3;COOKE A D 1920 BOOK OF DOVECOTES P112.
- <16>SBC23992 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1997. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
- <20>SBC3646 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1981. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p15.
- <21>SBC14645 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1993. ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDING AT NOTLEY DOVECOTE, LONG CRENDON.
- <24>SBC19780 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. Aug-1995. ENGLISH HERITAGE MONUMENTS POTECTION PROGRAMME.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 71404 09318 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LONG CRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (5)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC10550)
- Event - Survey: (EBC14472)
- Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13579)
- Event - Survey: Site visit by EH Field Monument Warden (EBC13831)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief (EBC16131)
Record last edited
Nov 1 2016 12:58PM
