Doves & Dovecotes

This, the first substantial account of dovecotes and their inhabitants for over 50 years, is more than just a study of one of the least recorded kinds of vernacular building. The entertaining and highly readable text attempts to classify a wide variety of types and styles; the fascinating social and architectural history which emerges, involves many well-known architects as well as humbler beings, not least of which here are the doves and pigeons themselves. It is a story bwhich has its origins deep in our past, when pigeon pie was part of our staple diet but which is still developing today.