BOOK OF DOVECOTES 



in Lisbon that the King of Portugal was glad 

 to compromise the matter by the payment of 

 a large indemnity to the French town. 



Ango paid dearly for the favour of the King 

 of France, advancing heavy loans to his royal 

 patron, and dying poor at last. His manor of 

 Varengeville is now a farm ; but — perhaps all 

 we care about to-day — his dovecote stands. 



It is a large circular building constructed 

 entirely of black and red bricks, arranged in 

 striking geometrical designs. The domed roof, 

 terminating at the apex in a pointed pinnacle, 

 is broken just above the eaves by three dormer 

 windows. 



Of smaller size, but even more ornate, is the 

 dovecote at Boos, a village lying a few miles 

 east of Rouen, on the Paris road. It is an 

 octagonal building, surmounted by a pointed 

 roof with a circular cornice. The material is 

 mainly brick, stone being used for the cornice, 

 the base, and the angles of the walls, as for 

 the string-course half-way up. 



Below this string-course each of the eight 

 sides presents a surface of plain brick; above 

 there is elaborate ornament. This is effected 

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