Dovecote is a Grade II* listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1970. Dovecote.

Dovecote

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 May 1970
Type
Dovecote
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Sandstone rubble masonry, slightly battered at foot. The masonry technique is a poorer version of that used in the Old Rectory, with small stones used to make up course sizes. The corbelled dome is almost complete. Projecting drip-courses at base of dome and halfway up the dome. The eye at the apex was about 0.3 m diameter in 1920, now it is broken away to a larger aperture. The entrance doorway faces SE, and was originally about 0.9 m wide by 1.5 m high, but masonry at its left was broken away early this century when the building was used as an animal shelter. Stone lintel and relieving arch. A large number of flight holes penetrate the walls horizontally and are evidently original as they fit in with the nest box positions. Some are blocked. Parallels for this feature are found in Cornwall but not commonly in Wales.

Interior: 14 rows of 30 stone-built nest boxes. No potence. Alighting shelves at every third row of holes.

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