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, is rendered 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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