Description

Earlier 18th century. Rectangular-plan, lectern type dovecot. Rubble masonry with large irregular pink sandstone quoins, corrugated metal roof. Rat course, stepped at side elevations; flat coped skews with moulded skew ends.

S ELEVATION: doorway at centre with pink sandstone margined quoins and door pins, flight hole with remains of perch shelf asymmetrically placed at eaves.

INTERIOR: stone nesting boxes, single chamber.

Statement of Interest

See NOTES to Balmuir House. The dovecot is probably comtemporary with the original part of Balmuir House. The moulded skew ends are similar to those at the old stable, listed separately. Pantiles which formerly covered the dovecot are stored within. Included in B group with Balmuir House, Garage Cottage, The Old Stable, Coach House/stable and walled kitchen garden.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17778596

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (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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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)