BOOK OF DOVECOTES 



Chastleton House, in the village of that name 

 near Moreton-in-the-Marsh; for here is a very- 

 handsome, although perhaps not very ancient 

 dovecote, of a style not often seen. It consists 

 of an upper story only, raised on massive 

 arches rising from stone pillars — the material 

 of which the house itself is built. The four- 

 gabled roof, with a circular window in each 

 gable, is crowned by an open octagonal lan- 

 tern. In spite of many endeavours to obtain 

 further particulars of this handsome dovecote, 

 information on the subject is withheld. 



Chastleton House was formerly the property 

 of Robert Catesby,a distinguished member of 

 the Guy Fawkes gang. It is said to contain 

 Charles the First's Bible. 



Every possible information was readily fur- 

 nished by the owner of the delightful dovecote 

 at Stanton Harcourt, a building which, attrac- 

 tive in itself, isrendered doubly charming from 

 its situation on the lawn before the Parsonage 

 House. It is a square stone structure covered 

 with rough-cast, roofed with local slates, and 

 lighted by a window in one wall. The walls 

 are two feet nine inches thick, and the door 

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