Parciau dovecote is a Grade II* listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 May 1970. A Post-Medieval Dovecote.
Parciau dovecote
- WRENN ID
- winding-rubble-acorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 12 May 1970
- Type
- Dovecote
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Parciau dovecote is a 17th-century, two-storey structure built in a square plan, featuring a columbarium on the upper floor. Each wall has a gabled design with carved finials, and the building is topped with a square cupola that has four gablets. It is constructed from gritstone rubble masonry, with some limestone and gritstone dressings, and the upper storey is marked by a heavy string course.
The entrance is located on the west wall, accessed through a shallow pointed arched doorway, above which is a panel inscribed with "IEE 160-". The other walls each have a small ground floor window; the south window has a shallow pointed arched head, while the others are rectangular, with the north window being reset. The columbarium features a diamond-shaped window on each wall. The gables are adorned with carved finials, and the cupola includes square angle piers with both square and round intermediate columns that have moulded capitals and bases, supporting plain lintels with moulded cornices. The gablets also have carved finials, and the cupola is covered by a solid stone vault.
The interior was not inspected during the survey, but it has been recorded by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales as containing a stone stair in a passage along the north and west walls. The columbarium has nests in each wall, totaling 150, and is topped by a pyramidal corbelled vault.
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