East Game Larder, Montcoffer House

Mid to later 19th century, three polygonal game larders are situated in the garden to the rear of Montcoffer House. Two are constructed of coursed rubble with brick arches, featuring ashlar dressings, raised margins, a base course, band course, eaves course, and cornice. One larder is built of wood. Each larder has a four-panelled door. Grey slates cover the roofs.

The west larder is in a classical style, with a doorway featuring an impost course and a semi-circular fanlight with a keystone. This design is repeated as a window above the impost course on each elevation, each window featuring diamond-pane hoppers. The polygonal roof incorporates a wooden, louvred ventilator at its apex, topped with an ogival leaded roof and a ball finial. Some trelliswork cladding survives on certain faces. The interior is lath and plaster and contains dated game bag records written on the walls.

The east larder is in a Tudor style, with hoodmoulded openings. It has a doorway with a letterbox fanlight and two round-arched timber casement windows alternating with blank elevations. The slated polygonal roof is topped with a ball finial and what appears to be a fox weather vane. Trelliswork cladding is also present here.

The north larder is a smaller, wooden structure, featuring a doorway with a rectangular fanlight and a cornice. The interior was not inspected in 1990.

Montcoffer House was renovated for the Earl of Fife’s Factor, William Rose, around 1774-75. A dovecot was built by 1790. The west larder had a partly damaged roof in 1990. Historic maps from 1871-4 show the larders within the estate.