HEREFORDSHIRE 



that at Garway, there can be little doubt that, 

 but for an act of unpardonable vandalism, Here- 

 fordshire would still possess a dovecote at the 

 very least thirty or forty years older than the 

 one we have just seen. 



Great size and age, solidity, absence of orna- 

 ment, simplicity of form — such are the leading 

 features of the first Herefordshire dovecote 

 viewed. For an entire contrast let us seek the 

 village of King's Pyon, or rather a secluded 

 outlying farm in that parish; the Butt House, 

 or ' ' Buttas," lying some seven miles north-west 

 of Hereford, in a rich grazing district where 

 large herds of the red-coated, white-faced cattle 

 of the county feed in the deep pastures, backed 

 by hills and woods. The place can well be 

 reached by going by road to Canon Pyon and 

 then turning to the left; or it is pleasant to 

 alight at Credenhill, the first station on the 

 Hayand Brecon line; pass through the village, 

 underneath the hill on which is Credenhill 

 Camp; inquire for Brinsop, cross the old and 

 little-travelled Hereford to Weobley road,and 

 take the shady lane which leads to Wormesley 

 Grange. There, turning to the right, we cross 



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