BOOK OF DOVECOTES 



south ofGreat Linford Rectory, abuildingsome 

 fourcenturies old, is a square example of stone, 

 with a pyramid-tiled roof anda lantern. Inside, 

 the nest-holes are intact. 



At Tathall End Farm, Hanslope, adjoining 

 the north end of the house, is a good square 

 dovecote,. built of stone rubble. Nests, with 

 alighting-ledges, still remain within the upper 

 floor; the age of the building is settled by the 

 ''T. B. 1 602" which may be read over the door- 

 way in the eastern wall. 



At Newton Longueville is a manor-house 

 built upon the site of a Cluniac priory. A dove- 

 cote stands in a field east of the house; it dates 

 from the early sixteenthcentury, and isof some- 

 what unusual construction for this neighbour- 

 hood. Its walls are of vertical timber framing, 

 closely set; the intervals between the uprights, 

 formerly filled in with plaster, are now closed 

 with bricks. There is a tiled roof with a skylight, 

 and the house is fitted with oak nests. 



Stewkley possesses both a ''Manor Farm" 

 and ''Dovecote Farm"; but it is at the former 

 that we find a dovecote standing at a few yards' 

 distance from the house. It is an interesting 

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