Gateway And Wall Of Former Dovecote Adjoining Berwick House To North East

The gateway and wall of the former dovecote adjoining Berwick House to the northeast date from the 18th century. The gateway, built around 1780 and possibly designed by Robert Mylne, features grey sandstone ashlar facing on red brick. It has a triple stepped plinth, a dentil cornice, and a blocking course with a moulded top and central finial. The round archway is adorned with chamfered voussoirs and square antae that have raised and fielded panels with moulded capitals. A pair of wooden gates is present, along with a 19th-century lamp suspended from the center of the arch.

To the right is the front wall of the former dovecote, constructed of red brick with grey sandstone ashlar dressings. This two-storey structure has a plinth with a chamfered stone top, chamfered quoins, and remnants of a moulded cornice. It features two bays with blind windows that have moulded stone cills and gauged-brick heads with triple keystones. The rear of the dovecote wall contains 189 nesting boxes with brick ledges. A map from 1760 by Thomas Ansell shows the dovecote but does not depict a gateway between it and the former stable block. Robert Mylne is known to have worked at Berwick in 1780 for Thomas Jelf Powys, suggesting that the gateway may be the only remaining feature from this period. The rest of the dovecote was likely demolished in 1878 to improve access to a new stable block built to the northeast of the house.