Axwell Park, Axwell Park House Farm, dovecot

HER Number:
8346

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Axwell Park, Axwell Park House Farm, dovecot

Place:
Axwell Park

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Agricultural Building

Site Type: Specific:
Dovecot

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18-C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Dovecot. Late C18/early C19. Coursed rubble; roof of Welsh slate. Circular, straight-sided tower with irregular stone lintel and curved stone sill to doorway; small square window above has stone lintel. Interior: stone flagged floor; pigeon holes around walls; boarded floor half-way up. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
1892

Northing:
6212

Grid Reference:
NZ18926212

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/8; I. Ayris, 1989, Axwell Park Dovecot I. Ayris & B. Harbottle, 1987, Axwell Park Home Farm I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 62