Dovecot, Whitehall is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 September 1999. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Whitehall
- WRENN ID
- tall-doorway-ridge
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 6 September 1999
- Type
- Dovecot
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Probably 18th century. Rectangular-plan, 2-chambered lectern-type dovecot set to NW of Whitehall House. Walls approximately 3ft thick; each chamber approximately 13ft1' square. Harl-pointed sandstone rubble; tooled rubble dressings; red sandstone lintels. Projecting rat course/alighting ledge; rubble quoins; rubble long and short surrounds to doorways.
S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 2 square-headed doorways flanking centre; iron hinges; gates/doors missing. Continuous rat course/alighting ledge above. 2-tiered rows of flight holes in roof pitch centred above each chamber with 15 (lower) and 9 (upper) openings to E; 16 (lower), 10 (upper) to W.
W, N AND E ELEVATIONS: continuous rat course/alighting ledge dividing blank elevation.
Grey slate mono-pitched roof (missing in part); stone-coped skews; beak skewputts with carved human faces. Iron rainwater goods and bracketed water trays.
INTERIOR: each chamber lined with sandstone nesting boxes (876 to E, 870 to W). Timber poles in place in part to W; missing to E.
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