Pigeon House In Garden Of Pigeon House Cottage

The Pigeon House, located in the garden of Pigeon House Cottage, is a late 18th-century structure built of Flemish bond brick with a tiled pyramidal mansard roof and a square plan. The open ground floor features one elliptical arch on each side, supported by stone imposts and keystones, which spring from square corner piers made of English bond brick that have round-arched niches. On the first floor, there is a wooden door on the south side with an ogee-headed arch above it, while the other three sides have blind ogee-headed arches. The building has a stepped brick cornice, and the mansard roof includes a square pigeon loft with a hipped Welsh slate roof. The ground floor is notable for its brick cross groin vault, and the interior walls on the first floor are lined with brick pigeon holes. This structure was formerly owned by the Jervoise family and is likely contemporary with the north front of Moat House, built in 1766. The Pigeon House adds to the picturesque landscape as seen from the south side of Moat House.