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Dovecot Cottage, The Knapp

A Category B Listed Building in Longforgan, Perth and Kinross

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.4697 / 56°28'11"N

Longitude: -3.1618 / 3°9'42"W

OS Eastings: 328523

OS Northings: 731451

OS Grid: NO285314

Mapcode National: GBR VF.C7H2

Mapcode Global: WH6Q3.DNM2

Plus Code: 9C8RFR9Q+V7

Entry Name: Dovecot Cottage, The Knapp

Listing Name: The Knapp, Dovecot Cottage

Listing Date: 5 October 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 346353

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13244

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: The Knapp, Dovecot Cottage

ID on this website: 200346353

Location: Longforgan

County: Perth and Kinross

Electoral Ward: Carse of Gowrie

Parish: Longforgan

Traditional County: Perthshire

Tagged with: Cottage

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Description

Earlier 18th century. Rectangular-plan, lectern-type dovecot converted to cottage late 19th century, built on falling ground. Rubble construction, ashlar dressings, boulders at base course at SW angle, concrete cills and lintels, grey slate roof. Rat-course, stepped at end elevations. Bipartite 6-pane sash and case windows to front; crowstepped end walls with skewputts, 3 crowstepped ball-finialled pediments to N wall with 4 intersecting short stacks and cans.

S ELEVATION: (low end of lectern). Multi-pane glazed door with fanlight to centre, windows to left and right; left return elevation blank; modern conservatory to right return elevation.

N ELEVATION: door and window to right; pentice-roofed addition to left, door with gabled dormerhead, window to right return; modern harled gable end to conservatory at far left crowstepped in imitation of originals.

INTERIOR: not seen.

Statement of Interest

The crowstepped gables on the north wall are similar to those at Pitfour, Newbigging and Watterybutts. Formerly a Rossie estate building.

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