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that held them in their place. These tiles were 

 of a small size on the upper portion of the roof, 

 becoming larger towards the eaves. 



The fall of the roof was, unfortunately, fol- 

 lowed by disaster to asection of the walls them- 

 selves; an accident not very frequent in a dove- 

 cote of this shape and massive build, which 

 usually proves capable of standing not a little 

 buffeting from time and weather without giv- 

 ing way. It would be a very serious loss to 

 Shropshire if this dovecotewere allowed todis- 

 appear, since, judging from the thickness of 

 its walls and other signs, it can be little later 

 in its date than that at Garway. But happily 

 the owner of White House is now the occupier 

 also, keen to check all chance of further harm. 



Not differing greatly in regard to style, nor 

 probably in age, is the fine dovecote standing 

 in the grounds of one of the most charming of 

 old Shropshire mansions, Shipton Hall, in the 

 Much Wenlock district. Shipton itself, once a 

 seat of the Myttons, isa fine Elizabethan house, 

 restored — and well restored — in George the 

 Second's reign. 



Disaster has been busy with the dovecote 



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