Dovecot, Kailzie House is a Grade A listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 February 1971. Dovecote.
Dovecot, Kailzie House
- WRENN ID
- solitary-forge-grove
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1971
- Type
- Dovecote
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dated 1698. 2-storey, single chamber, square-plan lectern dovecote. Random rubble; ashlar long and short quoins with margins and rat (band) course. Crowstepped gables with ogival-moulded skewputts; raised wallhead with plain coping and ball finials surmounting angles.
S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central doorway with stone lintel (dated 1698) and surround (rebated for inner and outer doors), replacement timber door and frame; rat-course; inset central square sandstone block (aligned with door) with circular opening. Paired roof lights.
E AND W ELEVATIONS: blind; ashlar long and short quoins, ashlar rat course; crowstepped gable.
N (REAR) ELEVATION: blind with ashlar long and short quoins and rat course.
INTERIOR: not seen, 2002 but wooden nesting boxes removed some time ago.
Monopitched grey slate roof with later paired cast-iron 2-pane Carron lights to roof, original timber pigeon port concealed by slates. Later boarded timber door within timber frame.
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