Listed Building: The Dovecote (1356931)

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Grade II
NHLE UID 1356931
Date assigned 19 July 1985
Date last amended

Description

Dovecote now house. Datestone 1735 probably reset. Brick with slate roof. Originally one-unit plan. 2 storeys, 2-window range of narrow casements with diamond panes and flat brick arches. Central C19 ribbed door with 4-centred brick arch. Nesting boxes in gable between windows with datestone above and inscription below. ?Where once did pigeons sport and fly you now may bake a pigeon pie?. Gabled roof with gables on all 4 sides probably C19, Brick stacks at ridge and end. C19 one-roan extension to right has projecting 2-storey porch. Converted from dovecote to a bakehouse in C19.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7596 7472 (16m by 9m)
Civil Parish LAMPORT, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

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Record last edited

Jul 11 2023 3:03PM

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