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
5922
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/05/1970
Date of Amendment
26/01/1996
Name of Property
Dovecote
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Angle
Town
Locality
Angle
Easting
186606
Northing
203075
Street Side
Location
In field immediately N of Castle Farm.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Circa C15. Circular plan with open eye at apex of dome. The dovecote was probably built to serve the Old Rectory, as both buildings are within the Rectorial Glebe.
Exterior
Sandstone rubble masonry, slightly battered at foot. The masonry technique is a poorer version of that used in the Old Rectory, with small stones used to make up course sizes. The corbelled dome is almost complete. Projecting drip-courses at base of dome and halfway up the dome. The eye at the apex was about 0.3 m diameter in 1920, now it is broken away to a larger aperture. The entrance doorway faces SE, and was originally about 0.9 m wide by 1.5 m high, but masonry at its left was broken away early this century when the building was used as an animal shelter. Stone lintel and relieving arch.
A large number of flight holes penetrate the walls horizontally and are evidently original as they fit in with the nest box positions. Some are blocked. Parallels for this feature are found in Cornwall but not commonly in Wales.
Interior
Interior: 14 rows of 30 stone-built nest boxes. No potence. Alighting shelves at every third row of holes.
Reason for designation
Ancient Monument No. Pe 67, 'Angle Dovecote'
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