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are now perfect only on the east and west sides 

 of the house. The lowest tier is practically- 

 level with the ground. The tiers have no a- 

 lighting-ledges, save that the east and west 

 sides have, some four feet from the floor, a 

 three-inch ledge. 



Another square dovecote of interest occurs 

 at Crookdale Hall, Bromfield. The shape is 

 very nearly square, with sidesof about eighteen 

 feet,and a height of sixteen feet. The entrance 

 for the occupants was provided by two oval 

 apertures, placed half-way between the eaves 

 and a broad string-course; one faces north, the 

 other to the east. The east and west ends, 

 which are gabled, have as ornament a ball of 

 stone, and on each angle of the building is an 

 urn-shaped finial. The original roofing material 

 has perished, and is replaced by red tiles. The 

 nest-holes, oblong recesses, are of unusually 

 large dimensions — fifteen inches deep, nine 

 inches broad, ten inches high. They are vertic- 

 ally above each other, have no alighting-ledges, 

 and are built of massive flags of stone. The 

 dovecote is of rubble, with dressed quoins. 



This dovecote dates from the end of the 



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