Dovecote At Barton House

The dovecote at Barton House is a structure from the late 17th century or 18th century, built from coursed squared limestone rubble and topped with a stone slate roof. It is circular in shape, measuring approximately 4 meters in diameter. The entrance features a 19th or 20th-century plank door with an exposed timber lintel. At the apex of the roof, there is a glover that has two tiers of openings and a simple 19th-century wrought-iron weather vane atop its circular stone-slated roof.

Inside, the dovecote contains nesting boxes along about two-thirds of the circumference, a central post with a revolving ladder, and an 8-bay roof structure supported by butt-purlins, likely from the early 19th century. Two of the four collars and struts appear to be later additions for strengthening. The joinery of the glover is probably from the 19th or 20th century, and two iron tie bars cross below the collars.