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| An illustration taken from 'Pigeon Cotes and Dove Houses in Essex' (1931) |
Essex Dove Houses (S/LIB/3/8)
The archive
document lists dovecotes photographed in preparation for ‘Pigeon Cotes and
Dove Houses in Essex’ by Donald Smith was published by Simpkin Marshall,
London, in 1931. Limited edition of 100.
176 pages, 58 drawing. Copy number 36 is in Essex Society for Archaeology and History Library.
The book is not a comprehensive list of Essex dovecotes.
The book is not a comprehensive list of Essex dovecotes.
To find out more
about surviving examples visit the Unlocking Essex weblink http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_search_results.asp?content_page_id=81&content_parents=61,62&monument_name=dovecote&search_related=0# and links annotated alongside the original list.
Unfortunately the
Internet does not have many photographs perhaps because they are sited on
private property.
“List of 65 films and 40 plates, given by Messrs Donald
Smith and J A Bullock, 1931. Negatives in Colchester Museum, 1986. D.C.
Essex Dove Houses. List of 65 films and 40 plates. Jan
1931.
Essex Dove Houses. Films taken by Donald Smith, 1929-30.
Parish: House [list rearranged in alphabetical order].
Barnston: The Hall [see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-122488-dovecote-50-metres-to-north-east-of-barn#.VbNKnflViko ]
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Birchanger: Birchanger Place
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Bocking: The Deanery. Two views [see http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1019037 ]
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Boreham: Cheese Hall Farm
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Broomfield: Chobbings
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Castle Hedingham: Castle Park. Interior [see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-409496-hedingham-castle-dovecote-approximately-#.VbSD3vlViko .
The dovecote is featured in an article in Transactions, Third Series,
Volume 28, written by John McCann]
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Castle Hedingham: Castle Park. Two
views. W & S
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Chickney: Sibleys [see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-122148-dovecote-at-sibley-s-farm-chickney-essex . The former gatehouse is mentioned
in Essex Archaeology and History, Third Series, Volume 15]
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Chignall St James: Brick Barns. Two
views. N & S [see http://www.sevenspots.co.uk/building/barn-with-gable-dovecote-to-the-north-of-brickbarns-farm-chignall/ ]
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Chingford: Pimp Hall Farm. Two views.
E & N.W. [see photo and description; http://www.heritage-explorer.co.uk/web/he/searchdetail.aspx?id=8332&crit=barn ]
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Downham: The Hall. Two views. [By the
Church. See photos: http://www.wickfordhistory.org.uk/page_id__460.aspx ]
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Earls Colne: The Priory
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Elsenham: Elsenham Place Farm
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Farnham: The Rectory [see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-121856-dovecote-to-north-east-of-thrimley-house#.VbSHA_lViko ]
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Finchingfield: Cornish Hall
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Finchingfield: Jekylls
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Finchingfield: Oldbournes
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Fingringhoe: The Hall [see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-417707-dovecote-to-southeast-of-fingringhoe-hal#.VbSH9_lViko ]
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Ford End, Great Waltham: Wall Farm [Barn
conversion property. See http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-36183850.html ]
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Gestingthorpe: Moat House Farm
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Gestingthorpe: Moat House Farm
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Great Bardfield: The Hall
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Great Chishall: Rectory Farm.
(Cambridgeshire, formerly Essex). Two views
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Great Maplestead: Chelmshoe House
[see photo: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/115254517
]
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Great Waltham: Fitz Johns
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Great Yeldham: The Hall [see: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-114430-dovecote-approximately-100-metres-south- ]
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Hatfield Peverel: Mowden Hall Farm
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Henham: Pennington Hall [see photo: http://www.henhamhistory.org/HenhamHistoryListedBuildingsMonumentsSites.html
]
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Horndon on the Hill: Arden Hall [see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-119765-dovecote-to-south-of-arden-hall-#.VbSMLPlViko ]
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Ingatestone: The Hall
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Little Braxted: The Hall [see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-118988-kitchen-dovecote-approximately-100-metre#.VbSMnPlViko ]
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Little Sampford: Farm opposite church
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Marks Hall: W Coggeshall
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Matching Green: Kingdons
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Matching: The Hall.
Two views
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Newport: Heatons
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Pleshey: Pleshey Bury [see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-426055-dovecote-or-granary-west-of-plesheybury-#.VbSNk_lViko
The illustration posted is reproduced from Smith’s book, and from the
cover of Essex Archaeology and History News, No. 103 (August 1988)]
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Saling Bardfield [Great Saling]:
Woolpits. Two views. [The Dovecote, Woolpits Road, is a conversion to a
property and available to let: http://www.grayandcompany.co.uk/LettingsDetails.asp?propcode=238&graycode=dovecote
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Stanway: Olivers [see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-421083-dovecote-to-olivers-stanway-essex#.VbSOHvlViko ]
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Stebbing: Porters [see http://gohistoric.com/419222-porters-hall-outbuilding-rear-stebbing ]
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Steeple Bumpstead: Bower Hall [The illustration posted is reproduced from
Smith’s book, and from the cover of Essex Archaeology and History News, No.
103 (August 1988)]
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Stisted: Hotfield Grange
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Tolleshunt D’Arcy: The Hall. Two
interiors. Exterior [see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-353170-dovecote-approximately-35-metres-north-e#.VbSPd_lViko ]
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Ugley: Orford House [see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-413464-dovecote-at-orford-house-ugley-essex#.VbSP2PlViko ]
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Wendon Lofts: The Hall [see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-415532-dovecote-at-hall-farm-lofts-hall-wenden-#.VbSQC_lViko ]
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Wendon Lofts: The Hall. Interior
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West Thurrock (Purfleet): High House.
Two views S.W. & N.E. [The Essex
Society for Archaeology and History visited this dovecote in 1990 and 2014.]
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West Tilbury: The Hall [see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-115651-dovecote-approximately-30-metres-west-of#.VbSQZPlViko ]
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Wethersfield: Great Codham Hall
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Widdington: Ringers
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Witham: Witham Lodge
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Writtle: Writtle Park [see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-112776-dovecote-to-the-north-of-writtle-park-fa#.VbSRNvlViko ]
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Essex Dove Houses.
Plates taken by J H Bullock Esq., M.A. in 1914-15.
Parish: House
[list rearranged in alphabetical order]
Finchingfield: Cornish Hall Farm. Two
views S.E. & N.W.
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Finchingfield: Jekylls
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Finchingfield: Oldbournes
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Finchingfield: Spains Hall
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Gestingthorpe: Moat House Farm
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Gestingthorpe: Over Hall. Two views S
& N
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Great Bardfield: The Hall. Two views
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Great Maplestead: Chelmshoe House
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Great Maplestead: Dynes Hall
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Great Maplestead: Dynes Hall. Two
views
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Great Saling (Bardfield Saling):
Woolpits. Two views
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Great Yeldham: The Hall
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Little Easton
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Marks Hall: The Hall
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Matching Green: Kingdons
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Newport: Heatons
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Newport: Shortgrove
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Rickling Green: Bury Farm
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Rickling: Church End Farm
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Steeple Bumpstead: Bower Hall
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Steeple Bumpstead: Claydon’s Cottage
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Wendon Lofts: The Hall. Exterior S.E.
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Wendon Lofts: The Hall. Two exteriors
N.W.
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Wendon Lofts: The Hall. Two interiors
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West Thurrock (Purfleet): High House.
Two views
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West Thurrock: Montgomerys Farm. Two
views
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Widdington: Ringers
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Widdington: Ringers
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Wimbish: Tiptofts. Two of same
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Wimbish: Tiptofts. Two views
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