Building record 1965/5/2 - Dovecote at Dairy Farm

Dovecote at Dairy Farm. A stone built circular dovecote with a Collyweston stone roof. It has a door on the southwest and two windows which may have been shuttered internally. There are approximately 400 stone built nesting boxes within the structure. The dovecote was built between 1748 and 1782 as a farmyard dovecote.

{1} Dovecote. Probably C15. Coursed limestone rubble, with a scattering of ironstone, with conical Collyweston stone slate roof and octagonal lead-capped louvre. Circular, in plan. Board door with wooden lintel to north. Small rectangular openings to east and at a higher level to north. Interior not inspected but believed to contain 16 rows of nesting boxes (440 in all) and potence pole, gallows and ladder complete.

{9} Colour prints taken during the restoration of the Collyweston roof of the dovecote. Also show the interior, including potence and ladder;

{10} Photographs;

{11} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 18/301 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K1/4 p.47 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

<3> Sharman T., 2006, Condition Report on Twenty-Four Northamptonshire County Heritage Sites, (unchecked) (Report). SNN105591.

<4> Giggins, B., 1994, The Dovecote, Cranford, (unchecked) (Report). SNN62799.

<5> Giggins, B., 2011, The Dovecote, Cranford, (unchecked) (Report). SNN109298.

<6> Jackson, Z., 2012, Bat Activity Surveys of Six County Heritage Sites in Northamptonshire (Report). SNN108414.

<7> Sharman, T., 2011, Welcome to Cranford St. Andrew Dovecote, (unchecked) (Leaflet). SNN108465.

<8> Conisbee, 2012, Cranford St. Andrew Dovecote Structural Survey (Report). SNN108411.

<9> Kaye, J, 1994, Restoration of roof, Cranford Dovecote (Photographic prints (COL)). SNN110840.

<10> Collins P., 1972, Dovecotes: With Particular Reference to the Dovecotes of Northamptonshire (Dissertation). SNN71824.

<11> Photographs of buildings in Cranford (Photographs). SNN111601.

<12> Historic England, Undated, DAIRY FARM, ST ANDREWS LANE, CRANFORD ST ANDREW, BF096982 (Archive). SNN114294.

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Nov 3 2022 2:50PM