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Dovecot, Nunraw House

A Category A Listed Building in Haddington and Lammermuir, East Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9276 / 55°55'39"N

Longitude: -2.646 / 2°38'45"W

OS Eastings: 359732

OS Northings: 670687

OS Grid: NT597706

Mapcode National: GBR 2X.ZKH7

Mapcode Global: WH8WB.B87P

Plus Code: 9C7VW9H3+2J

Entry Name: Dovecot, Nunraw House

Listing Name: Nunraw Dovecot

Listing Date: 5 February 1971

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 339172

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7320

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200339172

Location: Garvald and Bara

County: East Lothian

Electoral Ward: Haddington and Lammermuir

Parish: Garvald And Bara

Traditional County: East Lothian

Tagged with: Dovecote

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Description

16th century. 4-stage, beehive dovecot, tapering to a late
19th century, hexagonal birdcage cupola. Rubble with dividing
rat courses; dressed red sandstone cupola on rubble base.
Dovecot reaches 22' with walls 3' 8" thick. Low door with
chamfered arrises to surround, and window on ground stage
currently blocked. 24 flight holes above 2nd stage rat
course. Former lean-to roof to cupola bearing stone thistle,
now disappeared.
INTERIOR: steps down to lower floor level; 450 nesting boxes,
10" deep, formerly reached by potence.

Statement of Interest

Sited circa 150' from Old Abbey. The number of flight holes

is unusually large for the number of boxes, especially in

conjunction with the birdcage openings.

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