Aberdeen, Grandhome House, Dovecot
Dovecot (17th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, Grandhome House, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Grandhome, Doocot; Grandhome Policies
Canmore ID 124642
Site Number NJ91SW 39
NGR NJ 90056 11794
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/124642
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Old Machar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ91SW 39 90056 11794
For Grandhome House (NJ 89849 11747), see NJ81SE 36.
Dovecot [NR]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1990.
A dovecote is situated about 190m ENE of Grandhome House (NJ81SE 36) on the S side of the main driveway. It is rectangular on plan, measuring 4.85m from ENE to WSW by 4.15m overall, and its walls (0.7m thick) are constructed of random rubble with dressed granite quoins. A flagstone rat-course, projecting 0.25m from the wall-face, is set at a height of 2.15m above the ground. The door on the S side has a dressed granite lintel and jambs, and dressed granite has also been used for the crow-steps on the gables. The skewputt at the SW corner of the dovecote bears the initials IP, while that on the SE is dated 1709. On both the N and S the pitched slate roof is broken by a single flight-hole of modern lead construction. The interior of the dovecote contains about 318 sandstone nesting boxes.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, AJW), 26 March 1997.
Dovecot, 17th century. Ractangular, granite rubble, saddle-backed slate roof; crow-stepped gables, string course, nest holes (some removed).
NMRS, MS/712/85.
