Dovecote at Knights Gate
DOVECOTE AT KNIGHTS GATE, CHURCH ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1153047
- Date first listed:
- 04-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Dovecote at Knights Gate
- Statutory Address:
- DOVECOTE AT KNIGHTS GATE, CHURCH ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Reference:
- IOE01/10672/11
- Rights:
- © Mr Ben White. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1153047
- Date first listed:
- 04-Jun-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Dovecote at Knights Gate
- Statutory Address 1:
- DOVECOTE AT KNIGHTS GATE, CHURCH ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- DOVECOTE AT KNIGHTS GATE, CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Quenington
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 14752 03913
Details
SP 10 SW QUENINGTON CHURCH ROAD (off west side)
6/238 Dovecote at Knights Gate (formerly listed as Dovecote in grounds of 4.6.52 Quenington Court)
GV I
Dovecote. Reputed to be one mentioned in 1338, belonging to the Knights Hospitallers, although thought by some to be C17. Small round structure of rubble stone with projecting square section string course about 0.5m below projecting eaves of conical stone slate roof with retractable lantern "lid" with renewed stone ball finial. Very small low doorway to west with timber lintel and recessed plank door, slit vent over and to south. Inside wall is perforated with about 600 dove holes stacked at an angle one above each other inside wall, above rat rail around which moves revolving ladder on central wooden pin, thought to be the original ladder (or potence). Inside roof timbers have been strengthened with steel straps. (VCH, Gloucester, Vol,VII, 1981; David Verey, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)
Listing NGR: SP1475003913
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 129864
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 1 The Cotswolds, (1970)
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester, (1981)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 10-Jun-2026 at 10:12:13.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.