Dovecote

SK 91 SW EXTON EXTON PARK

4/55 Dove Cote

GV II

Large dovecote overlooking lake, late C18. Coursed squared rubble. Octagonal 2 storeys, with central ball finial and pinnacles. Projecting loggia round 4 southerly sides, with chamfered 4-centred arches, and shields in spandrels. Beneath the loggia, a timbered roof on corbels, stone feeding troughs for cattle, and blank windows with shallow arched head, with voussoirs. Entrance to north, a flat archway with voussoirs at 1st floor level, arched and chamfered blank openings with dummy glazing bars, and a timber eaves cornice with entrance holes for doves above the stone cornice. Within, the upper walls are lined with nesting ledges, and there is a potence.

Listing NGR: SK9269911215