NHER 24392 (Building record) - Dove House, Shotfold Road

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Summary

Dove House is a late 18th-century grey brick building with black glazed pantiled hipped roof and modillioned eaves. The house has five bays, the centre one projecting slightly with an upper arched recess containing window. There is a central Tuscan porch, now glazed. The north wing dates to the 17th century or earlier, and is plastered with a steep gabled roof. There is also a lower 18th-century two-storeyed wing across the end, and a garden wall and gateway in red brick to the south. Dove House also has a surprisingsly elaborate stables in the same style as the main house, dating to the early 18th century, with a later 18th- to 19th-century east addition.

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Map sheet TM28SW
Civil Parish REDENHALL WITH HARLESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Dove House, Shotford Road, Harleston.

November 1976. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Late 18th-century house. Grey brick with black glazed pantile hipped roof with modillion eaves cornice. 2:1:2 windows…Central porch with Tuscan columns.... East side three windows. Brick chimney stacks. North wing, 17th century or earlier, plastered, with very steep gable-ended roof of black glazed pantiles, two storeys, two-light casements…and a lower 18th-century two storeyed wing, across the end, with pantile roof."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
E. Rose (NAU), 18 April 1988. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 November 2020.

Three structures in the grounds of Dove House were also listed Grade II in November 1976, all of which are now recorded separately:
- 18th-century garden wall to east of Dove House (NHER 64507).
- 18th-century stables to north of Dove House (NHER 45785).
- 18th-/19th-century dovecote to north-west of Dove House (NHER 11088).
P. Watkins (HES), 5 November 2020.

Architects' plans (1991) in file (S2).

Survey of stables and coach house (1993) in secondary file.

  • --- Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1988. Fine listed garden wall and a ha-ha. 18 April.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Unpublished Document: NsC Associates Planning Consultants. 1992. Stables and Coach House, Dove House, Shotford Road, Harleston. 20 March.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1373367.
  • <S2> Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.

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Record last edited

Dec 9 2025 11:22AM

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