Английская Википедия:Hygga House Dovecote, Trellech

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox historic site The Dovecote, Hygga, Trellech, Monmouthshire is a late 16th-century dovecote, in an unusually complete state of preservation. Part of the service buildings for the, now demolished, Hygga House, the dovecote is a Grade II* listed building and a scheduled monument.

History and description

The origin of the name Hygga is Old Norse, meaning "to comfort".[1] In the 16th century, a substantial mansion, Hygga House,Шаблон:Sfn stood on the site but it has since been demolished.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn The dovecote, along with a large barn[2] and a shippon and stables,[3] comprised a range of service buildings for the house.Шаблон:Sfn In a poor state of repair for over two centuries, the dovecote was fully restored in the 1980s and now forms a rare example of a complete 16th-century dovecote.[4]Шаблон:Efn Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan, in their three-volume guide Monmouthshire Houses, note the rarity of such dovecotes within the county, citing one at Llantellen, Skenfrith as the only other known example.Шаблон:Sfn The architectural historian John Newman gives a dating for the dovecote, and the associated barns, of c.1600.Шаблон:Sfn

The dovecote is constructed of lime-washed stone rubble, with a "stone-slated conical roof".Шаблон:Sfn Unusually for a dovecote, it has windows with ovolo mullions.[4] Above the windows are six tiers of nesting boxes, set into the wall.[4] The dovecote is a Scheduled monument,[5][6] and a Grade II* listed building, its listing recording the dovecote as a "particularly fine and complete example".[4]

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