Description

Probably 1805. 2-storey hexagonal dovecot with pigeon
accommodation in upper storey. Pinned rubble, tooled ashlar
dressings.
Ground floor doorways in E and W faces, entering demi-
octagonal chambers. Centre 1st floor entrance, with seating
on cill for attaching removable ladder, served 1st floor
pigeon loft. Continuous rat course/alighting ledge encircles
dovecot at upper stage, projecting as curved ledges fronting
groups of 4 flight-holes, latter piercing semi-circular
ashlar panels set in blind lunettes in SW, S and SE facets of
building. Piended octagonal slate roof terminating with apex
ashlar mushroom-shaped finial topped by weathercock (in poor
condition).
INTERIOR: incomplete set of wooden nesting boxes line
interior of dovecot.

Statement of Interest

Grange Hall built in 1805 on an earlier site. Dovecot

probably constructed at that time as part of 'the neat

accommodation for all the exigencies of a large

establishment'. Ground floor rooms may have served as hen

houses. Combination of pigeon and hen house in single

building was a common (and final) development of the dovecot

as a farm building.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17827114

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)