In other cases the farm or even the whole village was moved away from the grand house. Farm buildings of various types and periods can be seen at building museums around the country. Includes a Norfolk study. Studies and gazetteers of Georgian model farms and barns . Online Bibliography of British and Irish Rural Life maintained by the Rural History Centre, University of Reading.
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Dovecotes In the Middle Ages only manorial lords could keep doves and pigeons, so the few remaining medieval dovecotes are connected with manor houses , parsonages or former monastic sites. The laws relaxed after about 1600, so many later farms had dovecotes. English Heritage supplies guidance on types. A complete annoted version of A. O. Cooke, Book of Dovecotes is online . It covers England, Scotland and Wales.