Gade House

Gade House is a dovecote located in Little Gaddesden, built in the early 18th century but likely constructed in 1821 by Jeffry Wyatt as an antiquarian project. It was converted into part of a house in the 1970s. The structure is made of red brick in Flemish bond, featuring some blue headers, and has a battered base faced with York stone slabs that have tooled margins. The dovecote has a steep tiled octagonal roof with a small hipped dormer on each side and an open octagonal cupola topped with an ogee roof and a vane.

The building includes single-storey red brick and tiled extensions, leaving half of the dovecote exposed. It is a notably large octagonal dovecote with walls that rise straight to corbelled eaves courses, which consist of two courses of modillions and a plain course in between. The tall open cupola likely served as a protected entrance for birds. The north face features a flat gauged arch doorway and two narrow windows positioned low down. The dovecote measures 17 feet 10 inches wide, has a 5-foot base, reaches 25 feet to the eaves, and has a roof height of about 17 feet.