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0621

General Information

  • Registration number
    0621
  • Date constructed
    1860s
  • Century constructed
    1801-1900
  • Evidence proof date
    2 (modern) hives still in use in 1983
  • Evidence proof use
    2 (modern) hives still in use in 1983
  • Listed building grade
    I
  • Condition
    3

Address

  • Address
    Berks Coll. of Agriculture (was Hall Place)
  • Village or town
    Maidenhead
  • County
    Berkshire
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Berkshire
  • Region
    England

Premises

  • Accessible
    Private
  • Location on Premises
    Orchard
  • Direction faced
    N/A

Structure Information

  • Structure
    H: Bee house
  • External recesses
    N/A
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    N/A
  • Flight holes
    9
  • Front shape
    Unknown
  • Back shape
    Unknown
  • Recess size
    N/A
  • House building shape
    10-sided
  • External structure
    see Other notes
  • Distance apart
    N/A
  • Rows
    N/A
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    N/A
  • Wall material
    Wood
  • Base shelf material
    N/A
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    zinc+wood

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    1986
  • Pictures available
    BC: Photo(s) (B/W & colour)

Notes

  • may have replaced earlier bee house; original orchard gone; built round tree trunk as central support; each side of bee house 5 ft wide, 6.5 ft high, with window and flight hole below; inside, skeps (later, wooden hives) were on stands; restored in 1976; in 2014: condition still good, and some (empty) hives and stands remain; hives have hinges wooden walls and ends with removable glass walls inside; Nutt hive also now stored in bee house
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