Building record 2853/0/138 - Dovecote approx. 40m N of Wellington House Farmhouse

An early 18th century dovecote located 40 metres north of Wellington House Farmhouse. The structure is square in plan and is constructed of squared coursed limestone with a pyramidal Collyweston slate roof. About 510 stone slab nesting boxes are situated inside.

{1} Dovecote. C18/early C19. Squared coursed limestone with Collyweston slate roof. Square plan. Pyramid roof, glover now missing. Plank door and C19 casement opening. Interior has about 510 nesting boxes formed of coursed rubble and stone slabs. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p102)

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 12/106 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p.55 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN40683.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 102 (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Photographs of buildings in King's Cliffe (Photographs). SNN112705.

<5> Historic England, Undated, WELLINGTON HOUSE, KINGS CLIFFE, BF084163 (Archive). SNN114377.

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Nov 24 2022 8:58AM