Latitude: 55.8796 / 55°52'46"N
Longitude: -3.1302 / 3°7'48"W
OS Eastings: 329392
OS Northings: 665742
OS Grid: NT293657
Mapcode National: GBR 60LG.34
Mapcode Global: WH6T0.WGMY
Plus Code: 9C7RVVH9+VW
Entry Name: Dovecot, Mavisbank House
Listing Name: Mavisbank House, Doocot
Listing Date: 14 September 1979
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 339249
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7386
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Mavisbank House, Dovecot
ID on this website: 200339249
Location: Lasswade
County: Midlothian
Electoral Ward: Bonnyrigg
Parish: Lasswade
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Dovecote
1738. Tall, circular doocot. Upper third partially missing; roofless. Random sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings to doorways. String course at two thirds height; oculus with cill course below to SE face; cill course with no opening to NW face opposite; sunken doorway with relieving arch to SW face with full doorway and relieving arch set above.
INTERIOR: rubble walls; no floors or nesting boxes.
No evidence of nesting boxes remains. The building certainly formed an integral part of the designed landscape around Mavisbank. From the house ran three radial avenues and a canal, the central axis terminated by this circular eye-catcher doocot to the NE of the house. The oculus reflects similar features in the pediment and pavilion wings of the main house and the former Jointure House on Linden Place, Loanhead (see separate list entries). A-group with Mavisbank House, Doocot, Gazebo, Walled Gardens, Ice House, Game Larder and East Lodge (Kevock Road, Lasswade).
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