Building record 4821/6/5 - Dovecote c.15m West of Dovecote House

Dovecote approximately 15 metres west of Dovecote House. Stone circular dovcote with two windows and lath and plaster nesting boxes, it has a Collyweston slated roof. The stone used for construction is hammer dressed oolitic limestone blocks laid to courses. There are also incorporated several pieces of ironstone plus a partial band of squared or sawn oolitic limestone blocks. Dressed limestone is used for the jambs of the windows and doors. The dovecote retains the original potence, it appears to be of a single period, circa 1800, though the roof and glover may have been replaced in 1952.

{1} Dovecote. Mid C17. Regular coursed limestone with Colleyweston slate roof. Circular plan. Small plank door under wood lintel. String course at mid point. Conical roof with wooden glover at apex. Interior: 500 nesting boxes and revolving access ladder.

{3} Circular dovecote.

{10} Photographs.

{11} The dovecote at Wadenhoe House was assessed by the Oxford Archaeological Unit in 1995 as part of the Monuments Protection Programme. It was recommended for Scheduling.

{2} Four undated photos;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 9/241 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G08 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.440 (part checked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> 2001, An Assessment Of Timber Decay At Wadenhoe Dovecote, (unchecked) (Report). SNN101428.

<5> Sharman T., 2006, Condition Report on Twenty-Four Northamptonshire County Heritage Sites, (unchecked) (Report). SNN105591.

<6> Giggins, B., 1993, Wadenhoe Dovecote, Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Report). SNN76421.

<6> Giggins, B., 2011, Wadenhoe Dovecote, (unchecked) (Report). SNN109310.

<7> Sharman, T., 2011, Welcome to Wadenhoe Dovecote, (unchecked) (Leaflet). SNN108469.

<8> Conisbee, 2012, Wadenhoe Structural Survey (Report). SNN108413.

<9> Jackson, Z., 2012, Bat Activity Surveys of Six County Heritage Sites in Northamptonshire (Report). SNN108414.

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

<11> OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT, 1995, Monuments Protection Programme Step 3 report: Site Evaluation for Dovecotes, Site 13 (Report). SNN113461.

<12> Photographs of buildings in Wadenhoe (Photographs). SNN113721.

<13> Historic England, WADENHOE DOVECOTE, BF096974 (Archive). SNN114710.

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Feb 7 2023 12:57PM