This 17th-century dovecote stands in the grounds of the oldest secular building in Brighton and Hove - Hangelton Manor, which was built in 1540. (The Manor is now a public house)

 

The walls are several feet thick and there would once have been literally hundreds of nesting boxes inside reached by a 'potence' or swinging ladder.

 

Other surviving dovecotes include those at Charleston Manor, near West Dean; in Motcombe Gardens, Eastbourne; and at Patcham (a scheduled ancient monument)

 

 

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