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Dovecot, Mavisbank House

A Category A Listed Building in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian

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Coordinates

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

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Description

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.

Statement of Interest

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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