Stone was the other popular building material for these old dovecotes. The farms have a very original cone-shaped mud dovecotes with hundreds of birds. Dovecotes Primary School is located within the neighbouring estate of Dovecotes. These canals border Pendeford and other local areas including Oxley, Fordhouses, and Dovecotes. Drayton is said to have had five dovecotes between 1793 and 1823. Most are now residential, but they include barns and three dovecotes. Dovecotes (Barnhurst) was also part of Pendeford, as was Aldersley. Dovecotes Infants School opened in 1978 with Dovecotes Junior School being built in 1979. Dovecotes in Belgium are mostly associated with pigeon racing. Like Dovecotes Primary School there are pupils from Pendeford who attend this school. Gable and rooftop dovecotes are associated with storybook houses with whimsical design elements. It was completed finished in March 2009 and is opposite Dovecotes Primary School. Some of the medieval French abbeys had very large stone dovecotes on their grounds. In the U.S., an alternative English name for dovecotes is derived from the French&colon; pigeonaire. Dovecotes in Spain are known as a Palomar or Palomares (plural).