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2 unusual facts about Bruton Dovecote


Bruton Dovecote

In the 1980s the dovecote was inspected as part of an investigation into an outbreak of psittacosis a zoonotic infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Chlamydophila psittaci which is also known as parrot disease or parrot fever, at the adjoining King's School but no cause was found for the infection.

Wall ties were used on the south west corner where the masonry was bulging.



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