Monks Risborough is a lovely village in Buckinghamshire near to Princes Risborough. It is at the foot of the Chilterns and has been in existence since pre-Norman times. Not quite as old as that but still very interesting is a building near the church of St Dunstan (originally between the church and a farmhouse) that dates from the 16th century.
This is the Pigeon House which now stands in a recreation ground. Pigeons were bred for food in the house though later the house was used by the nearby farm as a cattle shelter. One curiosity of the building is a door on the northern side of the house which does not match the rest of the architecture and may have been originally part of another building.
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