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
6787
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/01/1963
Date of Amendment
27/05/2005
Name of Property
Pigeon house at Abercamlais
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Trallong
Town
Brecon
Locality
Abercamlais
Easting
296448
Northing
229017
Street Side
Location
Situated W of the house at Abercamlais on a bridge over the Camlais.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
C18 stone octagonal dovecote or pigeon house set on a square base straddling the Camlais brook, the base formerly a privy.
Exterior
Dovecote, rubble stone, two storeys. The square base has segmental arched opposed E and W entries, with stone voussoirs, and an iron gate in the W entry. Small window on S, blocked N window. The tall octagonal dovecote is windowless with octagonal stone-tiled roof, louvred octagonal lantern, and ogee curved octagonal dome, with fox weathervane. The wall face is stepped in on E and W between base and octagon, but rises sheer on the N and S, the step clad in stone tiles. The dovecote is set on a bridge over the Camlais with broad low segmental arch and stone voussoirs.
Interior
Interior is open right up, the ground floor with oak lintels carrying the inset E and W
walls, and diagonal beams carrying the diagonal faces, which have some timber framing.
Reason for designation
Graded II* for its exceptional interest as an elaborate architectural dovecote of the C18.
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