Building record 3320/3/12 - Beehouse in Kitchen Garden to South-West of Main Entrance

Beehouse. c.1870. Limestone ashlar. 2 tiers of 6 round-headed alcoves for bee-skeps, with keyblocks.

Beehouse. Probably C18. Limestone ashlar. 2 tiers of 6 round-headed alcoves for bee-skeps, with keyblocks. Plinth, pilastered corners and narrow pilaster strips between bays, plain frieze and moulded cornice. One of a pair in entrance arm of Kitchen Garden (q.v.). Symmetrically sited either side of path leading from main entrance. (Castle Ashby parks and grdens are included in HBMC Register of Parks and Gardens for Northamptonshire at Grade I)

{3} Undated photo;

{4} Rectangular building, 6x14x5ft. Door at back for access to shelves at 3 and 27 inches from ground; at front: 2 rows of 6+6 arched openings, each 24x18 inches with wooden shutter; this bee house and another were probably in or near kitchen garden; pre-1973: lead stolen from roof; by 1989: parts collapsing, possible repair planned.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/36 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Castle Ashby (Photographs). SNN111838.

<4> International Bee Research Association, 2017, The IBRA Bee Bole Register, 0161a&b (Website). SNN111922.

Record last edited

Apr 2 2020 9:39AM