Dovecotes

**BereniceUK** · 10th March 2010, 14:14

Very impressive brick-built dovecote at Croxall Hall in Staffordshire. Dovecotes were so big because the houses whose land they are on used to keep doves for their flesh, eggs and dung.
Croxall Hall itself dates from the late 16th century so the dovecote could be around 400 years old SK 195 138

The British Dovecote Society What is a Dovecote?

Not the original doorway, I suspect; it would have been a bit smaller

**BereniceUK** · 10th March 2010, 19:51

Dovecote built into a barn in Lilleshall, Shropshire SJ 731 154

**theStig** · 11th March 2010, 08:25

There's famously one in wolverhampton and an estate is named after it

The Dovecote

**BereniceUK** · 11th March 2010, 17:25

Excellent, thanks for the tip-off

**arnie187** · 16th March 2010, 10:33

also in alvecote along wit hthe remins of the priory

**BereniceUK** · 17th March 2010, 20:17

Dodleston Hall, Cheshire SJ 360 615

Not an easy one to photograph

**BereniceUK** · 19th March 2010, 17:49

Alvecote Priory SK 251 042

Big shout-out to arnie for tipping me off about this one

Inside, we can see both the ledges for the doves and their nesting recesses

The dovecote backs onto the Coventry Canal

**arnie187** · 19th March 2010, 19:53

no worries about a mile from me tops

**BereniceUK** · 21st March 2010, 16:10

Polesworth Abbey SK 263 024

A bit of info on this one - the three layers of stone blocks at the base are the original mid-1100s foundations. Everything else belongs to the early 18th century (c.1702-1714).

In 1362 it was valued at 30 shillings(£1.50) annually.

It's now used as a storeroom

**BereniceUK** · 26th March 2010, 11:37

Bunny, Nottinghamshire SK 583 294

This dove or pigeoncote is built into an old farmhouse, situated in what has since become the Bunny village pub's car park