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
5503
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/01/1968
Date of Amendment
03/09/1998
Name of Property
Dovecote at Bodorgan home farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Bodorgan
Town
Locality
Bodorgan
Easting
238597
Northing
367451
Street Side
Location
The dovecote lies directly S of the main courtyard range (barn, stables and cartsheds) at Bodorgan Home Farm; c. 50m directly N of the main house at Bodorgan.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Bodorgan was one of a number of townships from which the Bishop of Bangor derived his income, and is first recorded in 1306. The estate forms the Anglesey seat of the Meyrick family, whose ancestors were tenants from late C14, the surname first documented in 1537. The estate expanded from the early C18 onwards, and by late C19 was the largest on the island. The main house (built 1779-83) was designed by John Cooper, architect of Beaumaris, who also designed some of the outbuildings, built in 1782, possibly including the dovecote. Shown on the Llangadwaladr Tithe map of 1843.
Exterior
Circular dovecote tower of red brick built on a rubble base; modern conical slate roof with octagonal louvred cupola, replacement for lantern, surmounted by a weathervane. The base is predominantly gritstone with a plinth around the circumference. Brick in English Garden bond with 3 rows of pigeonholes, with slate perches, to the top; above the pigeonholes are 3 courses of header bricks, the top course slightly advanced. Door to N side with segmental head, above which is a tall opening, partly blocked, also with segmental head.
Interior
Walls are whitewashed and there are 7 rows of nesting holes; stone flag floor.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine example of a C18 dovecote. It forms part of a complete group with the other agricultural and estate buildings at the home farm of Bodorgan.
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