Aberdeenshire HER - NJ31SW0170 - DOVECOT COTTAGE, INVERERNAN ESTATE

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Primary ReferenceNJ31SW0170
NameDOVECOT COTTAGE, INVERERNAN ESTATE
NRHE Card No.NJ31SW10
NRHE Numlink 255894
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 49581
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Former dovecot and kennel range, now converted to a dwelling, built in the earlier to mid 19th century, possibly in 1828 when Invernan House was reconstructed, with later alterations, including in 2004. It is a single-storey, six-bay, rectangular-plan cottage constructed from coursed granite with granite ashlar dressings, and built within Invernan House designed landscape (NJ31SW0022). There is a shaped Tudor gable incorporating a bracketed alighting ledge surmounted by a round-headed pigeon loft entrance with two-tiered flight hole and fleur de lis gablehead finial. A four-pane glazing pattern is used within timber sash and case windows. The grey slate roof has a stone ridge with small air vents, there are gablet-coped skews to the centre gable, flat-coped skews to outer gables and block skewputts.
Last Update03/07/2018
Updated Bynackerman
CompilerNCA
Date of Compilation01/02/2017

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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
KENNELS  B100
COTTAGES  C100
DOVECOTS  A100