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Dovecote at Bodeugan Farm

Waen, Denbighshire, Wales

A Grade II* listed building in Bodeugan, Waen, Denbighshire, designated on 16 November 1962.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Dovecote at Bodeugan Farm, Waen, Denbighshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II*
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
16 November 1962
Locality
Bodeugan
Community
Waen
Unitary authority
Denbighshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
53.26211, -3.41571
Cadw reference
1418

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)

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Cadw's description

Location

In field to west of Bodeugan farmstead

Exterior

Red brick dovecote with band at loft level and oval loft openings, stone-lined. Entrance doors at ground floor, one filled in. Condition fair, but cracks in east wall.

Reason for designation

Listed at grade II* as a good example of a post-mediaeval brick-built dovecote.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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