Mounthooley Dovecot, Craigiefold is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Dovecot.

Mounthooley Dovecot, Craigiefold

WRENN ID: stubborn-terrace-cobweb
Grade: A
Local Planning Authority: Aberdeenshire
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 16 April 1971
Type: Dovecot
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Dated 1800. Tall dovecot with chamfered angles forming

octagonal plan. Harl pointed rubble, tooled granite ashlar

dressings and margins, heavy boulder footings. Long

elevations N, S, E and W with doorway in W; oval oculus in E,

W and S elevations above continuous alighting ledge; slightly

corbelled, crenellated wallhead with each merlon capped by

ball finial (12 in number); wallhead masks pyramidal slate

roof.

INTERIOR: interior lined full-height with approximately 300

brick nesting boxes, the base of each box constructed of

brick slabs. Tall potence ladder survives with some missing

rungs.

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