BOOK OF DOVECOTES 



dovecotes is the delightful building to be found 

 atKyrePark, Kyre Magna. Beautiful in itself, 

 its attractions are enhanced by beauty of situ- 

 ation; it stands in close proximity to a fine 

 buttressed tithe barn, with good crow-stepped 

 gable-ends. I nside, the potence and its ladder 

 are in place, and the five hundred nests are still 

 in excellent repair. 



Externally the dovecote is singularly attrac- 

 tive. The doorway is slightly arched, and a 

 few feet below the eaves a string-course en- 

 circles the walls. The roof is crowned by a 

 four-gabled open cupola on slender pillars, 

 and its slope is broken by three dormer win- 

 dows, a picturesque grouping already seen at 

 Richard's Castle, Herefordshire. None will 

 regret the time or trouble spent in visiting this 

 charming specimen. 



Of square pigeon-houses in Worcestershire 

 one may be first mentioned which, though not 

 otherwise particularly attractive, deserves our 

 notice by the rare appearance of a potence in 

 an English building of this shape. This is the 

 brick-built dovecote at Elmley Lovett, where 

 alighting-ledges are provided to each tier of 

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