Building record 2790/8/2 - Dovecote c.30m South-West of No.37 Main Street (Franey House)

Former dovecote of 1769 located 30 metres from Franey House. Used as an outbuilding since the 20th century.

{1} Dovecote, now outbuilding. Datestone 1769. Squared coursed and part banded limestone and ironstone with corrugated iron sheet roof. Rectangular plan. Central plank door under wood lintel. Square opening in east gable has stone lintel with datestone. Interior not inspected but noted as having about 250 nesting boxes.

{3} Dovecote dated 1769. Ironstone footings, lower part of the walls of limestone, the upper half in bands of limestone and ironstone. Parapeted gables. The interior facing is entirely of limestone and has nesting boxes for approximately 250 pigeons in the upper half of the wall. Square opening high in the east gable has lintel inscribed '1769'.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 19/215 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.170 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Woodnewton (Photographs). SNN114311.

<5> Historic England, DOVECOTE MAIN STREET, WOODNEWTON, BF084288 (Archive). SNN114796.

Record last edited

Feb 23 2023 4:00PM