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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.

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



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