Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
6784
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/01/1963
Date of Amendment
27/05/2005
Name of Property
Dovecote at Penpont
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Trallong
Town
Brecon
Locality
Penpont
Easting
297037
Northing
228792
Street Side
Location
Situated in field behind the hay-barn at Penpont.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C18 timber-framed dovecote raised on stone piers, with first floor chamber and dove access through tiny openings in the glazed cupola. Said to be marked on a map of 1738.
Exterior
Dovecote, square, colourwashed plastered first floor raised on four square colourwashed piers. Low door in E side for ladder access. The plaster is said to be on brick. Pyramid stone tiled roof with flat top carrying fine octagonal timber cupola with pointed glazed openings, with timber Y-tracery and small dove holes beneath. Ogee leaded octagonal dome.
Interior
Reason for designation
Graded II* for its exceptional architectural interest as a dovecote of unusual design.
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