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The Dovecote immediately west of Shenton Hall is a brick-built structure dating to the eighteenth century. Such dovecotes served a practical agricultural function, providing housing for pigeons whose meat and eggs supplemented the diet of the hall's residents whilst their droppings were valued as fertiliser. The building exemplifies the modest but purposeful outbuildings typical of country estates during this period. Its survival to the present day attests to the enduring utility and construction quality of such domestic farm structures in Leicestershire.
Dovecote immediately west of Shenton Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017207. View the official record →
The Dovecote immediately west of Shenton Hall is a brick-built structure dating to the eighteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017207.
Dovecote immediately west of Shenton Hall 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 1017207.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ambion deserted medieval village (1.6 km), Bowl barrow at Sutton Cheney (2.7 km), Hlaew and medieval farmstead immediately south west of Park House (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dovecote immediately west of Shenton Hall'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 immediately west of Shenton Hall stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.