Lamorran dovecote

Late-C17 or early-C18 dovecote, or culverhouse, approximately 80m west of Lamorran Glebe Farmhouse.

MATERIALS Slate-stone rubble and timber.

DETAILS The dovecote is located on a sloping site, near to a track which runs parallel with a tributary of the River Fal; this was dammed in the C19 to create fishponds as part of the landscaping of the Tregothnan estate. The dovecote is circular and approximately 11 feet (3m) in diameter with a domed roof and a thickened wall on the down-slope side. It has around 300 internal nest holes, some with narrow slate cills. On the south-east side is the entrance doorway with a timber frame and lintel; there is no door. Above the internal side of the opening is a further, larger lintel made from a tree-branch. The roof is partially covered with corrugated-iron sheet, but this has collapsed into the dovecote. The internal walls are partially lime-rendered.