Glasgow, Mount Vernon, Hamilton Road, The Daldowie Doocot
Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, Mount Vernon, Hamilton Road, The Daldowie Doocot
Classification Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Daldowie House, Dovecot
Canmore ID 161527
Site Number NS66SE 60
NGR NS 66777 62899
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/161527
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Old Monkland (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
] Daldowie Dovecote, Hamilton Road, c.1745
Immense rubble and ashlar cylinder, keystoned flat lintel to doorway. Flight holes to nesting boxes below eaves, above a continuous string course, with slated bellcast roof over. Surrounded by sewage works, neglected and vandalised, it was relocated 1 kilometre (0.5 mile) north and restored, including an internal timber revolving ladder access system, 1999, Design Practice, for Paterson's of Greenoakhill Ltd and partly funded by the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NS66SE 60 66777 62899
Dovecote [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1989.
For adjacent sewage works, see NS68SE 161.
NS66SE 60 66777 62899
Glasgow, Daldowie Dovecot. All that remains of the estate attached to Daldowie House.
Also known as Daldowie Mansion.
The dovecot is a Grade A listed building, originally serving Daldowie Estate, c.1650. Now located in a sewage works, it is in the process of being dismantled and relocated one mile to the north by Design Practice. To be fitted out with stone nesting boxes and a rotating spindle.
Prospect, 1999
