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Recent Examples of dovecote
This enchanting storybook suite—once a historic dovecote—is a masterclass in rustic French charm and whimsical elegance.
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Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
The exemplary property comprises a main house with eight bedrooms, five additional cottages with their own gardens, a 17th-century dovecote and farming and equestrian facilities—all set against the pastoral landscape of the Cotswolds.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 Aug. 2022
The château was listed as a Historic Monument in 1927 and its park, garden, orangery, enclosing walls, stables, basin and dovecote were also listed in 1994.
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Alex Ledsom,
Forbes,
1 June 2022
This sophomore effort flashes back and forth between the springtime unfurling of Mungo and James’ love (forged in the dovecote where James raises pigeons) and the goose-pimpling fishing expedition a few months later.
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Hillary Kelly,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2022
The Victorian dovecote in the eaves of the coach house may even remain home to the family of jackdaws now living there.
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New York Times,
15 Oct. 2021
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
The exemplary property comprises a main house with eight bedrooms, five additional cottages with their own gardens, a 17th-century dovecote and farming and equestrian facilities—all set against the pastoral landscape of the Cotswolds.
—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 Aug. 2022
The château was listed as a Historic Monument in 1927 and its park, garden, orangery, enclosing walls, stables, basin and dovecote were also listed in 1994.
—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes,
1 June 2022
This sophomore effort flashes back and forth between the springtime unfurling of Mungo and James’ love (forged in the dovecote where James raises pigeons) and the goose-pimpling fishing expedition a few months later.
—
Hillary Kelly,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2022
The Victorian dovecote in the eaves of the coach house may even remain home to the family of jackdaws now living there.
—
New York Times,
15 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dovecote
Noun
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This isn’t the fox guarding the henhouse.
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The fox is guarding the henhouse!
Noun
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All the huts in the village were centered around the kraal, or cattle enclosure, which faced the rising sun.
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The tiger had jumped into the kraal and killed the calves first.
Noun
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At the time, Epstein was serving his 18-month sentence in the Palm Beach County stockade but was allowed to spend 12 hours a day, six days a week, in his office under a work-release program his attorneys had negotiated.
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The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.
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This tidy residence in the western Swiss village of Etoy was built in 1830 as a sheepfold.
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Later, we were married in a sheepfold overlooking the ribbon of river that winds through small agricultural plots and quiet towns huddled up against the road.
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“Dovecote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dovecote. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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