Dovecot, Carriston is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 November 1972. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Carriston
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-slate-grove
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1972
- Type
- Dovecot
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Carriston is an 18th-century structure featuring a double chamber and a rectangular plan, with a shallow concave northern elevation. It is designed as a crowstepped lectern dovecot, constructed from random rubble and accented with sandstone quoins. The building includes a stepped rat course or alighting ledge, a beak skewputt, and a half moon finial at the northwest corner. The entrance door is located at the center of the southern side.
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