Dovecot, Strathtyrum House is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 August 2012. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Strathtyrum House

WRENN ID: unlit-timber-ridge
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: Fife
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 9 August 2012
Type: Dovecot
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Late 17th or early 18th century; restored 1819 (dated). Single chamber rectangular-plan lectern dovecot. 5.8m long by 5.4m wide. Sandstone rubble with hammer-dressed quoins. Slate roof. Ashlar skews with shouldered skewputts.

SOUTH ELEVATION: timber boarded door with hammer dressed surround to centre; projecting alighting ledge returning to rear elevation. Stone panel with initials I.C. and inscribed "Repaired 1819"; 6 round-arched flight holes breaking eaves above, surmounted by scrolled armorial pediment.

Stone steps to rear (N) elevation rising to further timber boarded door (probably added 1819).

INTERIOR: largely intact stone nesting boxes line all four interior walls from floor to ceiling.

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