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Dovecot, Grange Hall

A Category B Listed Building in Kinloss, Moray

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6272 / 57°37'38"N

Longitude: -3.5709 / 3°34'15"W

OS Eastings: 306284

OS Northings: 860782

OS Grid: NJ062607

Mapcode National: GBR K8KK.LYQ

Mapcode Global: WH5H5.3KV7

Plus Code: 9C9RJCGH+VJ

Entry Name: Dovecot, Grange Hall

Listing Name: Grange Hall, Dovecot

Listing Date: 26 January 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 340846

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB8662

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200340846

Location: Kinloss

County: Moray

Electoral Ward: Forres

Parish: Kinloss

Traditional County: Morayshire

Tagged with: Dovecote

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Description

Probably 1805. 2-storey hexagonal dovecot with pigeon
accommodation in upper storey. Pinned rubble, tooled ashlar
dressings.
Ground floor doorways in E and W faces, entering demi-
octagonal chambers. Centre 1st floor entrance, with seating
on cill for attaching removable ladder, served 1st floor
pigeon loft. Continuous rat course/alighting ledge encircles
dovecot at upper stage, projecting as curved ledges fronting
groups of 4 flight-holes, latter piercing semi-circular
ashlar panels set in blind lunettes in SW, S and SE facets of
building. Piended octagonal slate roof terminating with apex
ashlar mushroom-shaped finial topped by weathercock (in poor
condition).
INTERIOR: incomplete set of wooden nesting boxes line
interior of dovecot.

Statement of Interest

Grange Hall built in 1805 on an earlier site. Dovecot

probably constructed at that time as part of 'the neat

accommodation for all the exigencies of a large

establishment'. Ground floor rooms may have served as hen

houses. Combination of pigeon and hen house in single

building was a common (and final) development of the dovecot

as a farm building.

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