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Dovecote at Chirbury Hall Farm is a brick-built dovecote located in Shropshire. The structure dates to the seventeenth century and represents a domestic agricultural building of considerable age and craftsmanship. Such dovecotes served the practical function of housing pigeons for meat and eggs, as well as providing a marker of social status for the landholding family, being structures typically associated with properties of some standing. The building survives as evidence of early modern farming practice and the architectural conventions of its period.
Dovecote at Chirbury Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003022. View the official record →
Dovecote at Chirbury Hall Farm is a brick-built dovecote located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003022.
Dovecote at Chirbury Hall Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003022.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke; Brompton Bridge section extending from Brompton Bridge to Mellington Hall Lodge (5.7 km), Offa's Dyke: Mellington Hall Section Extending from Mellington Hall Lodge to Lower Cwm (6.6 km), Pentre Camp (7.4 km).
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