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Dovecote at Hawley Manor is a post-medieval stone structure located in Kent, England. The building served the practical agricultural purpose of housing domesticated pigeons, a valuable resource for meat and manure on a manor estate. Constructed in the sixteenth or seventeenth century, it represents the type of specialised farm building characteristic of prosperous manorial holdings during the early modern period. The dovecote survives as evidence of the husbandry practices and economic organisation of Hawley Manor during this era.
Dovecote at Hawley Manor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016495. View the official record →
Dovecote at Hawley Manor is a post-medieval stone structure located in Kent, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016495.
Dovecote at Hawley Manor 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 1016495.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, known as St John's Jerusalem, and an associated fishpond at Sutton-at-Hone (2 km), Roman granary 250yds (230m) W of St Mary's Church (3.7 km), Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dovecote at Hawley Manor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Dovecote at Hawley Manor stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.