Dovecote, Upper Harleston, Northants.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member greysman
N 52° 16.226 W 000° 59.200
30U E 637374 N 5793026
This is a completely circular dovecote on the Althorpe Estate in Northamptonshire.
Waymark Code: WMBBG7
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/30/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Mark1962
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            The Dovecote
     Restored in 1995 with grant
    assistance from Daventry D.C.
This grade II listed dovecote is perfectly round, has battered walls with a mid-way string course and a conical tiled roof. It is surmounted by an octagonal lantern with diamond glazed lancet windows and a small octo-conical tiled roof. There are the remnants of a weathervane/finial on the very top. There is a single plank entrance with stone lintel and has approximately 400 nesting boxes.

It is in the grounds of a building which used to be the Dovecote Laundry and is probably C16, possibly restored in C19, then again as mentioned above. The 'Dovecote Laundry' building is early C18 and was reputedly once a public house.

Access may be had by calling the number given on the information board on the entrance gate.

Building Address:
The Dovecote
Yew Tree Farm
Harlestone, , Northamptonshire UK
NN7 4EL

Is it open to the general public?: yes

When was it built? (Approximate if you must.): 01/01/1500

What is the name of this building?: The Dovecote
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