Dovecote at East Orchard is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 February 1963. Dovecote.

Dovecote at East Orchard

WRENN ID: burning-chapel-rain
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Vale of Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Date first listed: 22 February 1963
Type: Dovecote
Source: Cadw listing

Description

Roughly coursed local lias limestone rubble with dressed quoins and openings. Freestanding gabled building about 4m square. Small doorway with surround of large stones and segmental head on south side. Doorway in the upper part of the west gable and window in the lower part of the east gable, which suggest a possible two floored agricultural use when East Orchard was a farm. Low pitched gables with some crow-steps remaining, but the roof is missing.

The walls are lined with nesting boxes.

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