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century. 



At the well-known house of Compton Wyn- 

 yates an octagonal dovecote stands in an orch- 

 ard. It is of brick, with stone corners; has a 

 height of thirty-five feet, a diameter of eight- 

 een, and the very moderate wall thickness of 

 one foot ten inches. Inside are some six hund- 

 red L-shaped nests. The potence was removed 

 some time ago. We shall probably be right in 

 assigning this dovecote to a date about 1600. 



There is a fine circulardovecote of very con- 

 siderable age standing at "haunted Hillboro'," 

 a hamlet in the parish of Temple Grafton, not 

 far from Stratford-on-Avon. Of this example 

 particulars are unavailable; but fortunately it 

 is otherwise with the very interesting dovecote 

 at Kinwarton, near Alcester, a building on the 

 rector's glebe. It is, with fish-ponds, the only 

 survivingrelicofaform.er moated grange which 

 belonged to the abbey of Evesham. 



Thedovecote, solidly constructed of stone in 

 rather thin layers, plastered externally, has an 

 internal diameter of seventeen feet two inches, 

 a height to the eaves of fifteen feet, and a wall 

 thickness of three feet seven inches. The roof, 



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