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thirty-five. Like similar pigeon-houses of this 

 shape in Scotland, — where, however, they are 

 mostly covered by a lean-to roof — the build- 

 ing is divided into two compartments of equal 

 size, the party-wall being carried through the 

 roof, which is of Colly Weston slabs. Each sec- 

 tion of the roof has a small lantern to give en- 

 trance to the pigeons, furnished with alighting- 

 ledges facing south and north. 



The walls, of local limestone, have a marked 

 "batter" — sloping slightly inwards as they rise. 

 On three sides they are blank, being broken on 

 the south side only by a heavily barred window 

 giving light to each compartment, with a door 

 to each. The doorways are noticeably small; 

 three feet four inches high, and two feet wide. 

 The doors themselves are almost certainlyori- 

 ginal, being made of solid oakfourinchesthick. 



In the middle of the south wall, between the 

 windows, a stone slab bears the name "Maurice 

 Tresham" in raised lettering. Above, at the 

 end of the table-course over the dividing- wall 

 between the two compartments, is the device 

 of the Tresham family, a triple trefoil. This is 

 repeated on the northside,and again onastone 



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