Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dovecote at Esgonty Farm
St. Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in St. Asaph, Denbighshire, designated on 24 November 1987.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 24 November 1987
- Community
- St. Asaph
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.25556, -3.44490
- Cadw reference
- 1489
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at the W end of the rear garden to Esgobty farmhouse.
History
C17 brick dovecote of irregular English bond.
Exterior
Slate roof and overhanging eaves over all-round stone perch ledge on timber brackets. Doves enter by round gable openings to E and W; boarded doors below. Approximately 250 boxes inside and stop chamfered beam to ground floor. There does not appear to have been a potence.
Reason for designation
Group value with Esgobty Farmhouse, Barn and Garden wall.
Nearby in the register
- Garden Wall at Esgobty FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Esgobty FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Palace GardensDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old PalaceReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.