Summary
A large stone building with crow step gables dating from 1540s.
Identification Images (2)
Monument Types
- DOVECOTE (Medieval to Late 16th C - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
Description
A very distinctive building about 13 metres long, 7 metres wide, and 11 metres high. It is divided inside by a stone wall into two almost equal compartments, each having its own door on the south side. There is provision inside for about 1500 nesting boxes altogether, all built into the walls. It is built of limestone, with stepped gables, and a tiled roof in two tiers, the upper divided from the lower by the wooden louvres which afforded access for the pigeons.
References
- SNA68630 - Article in serial: DH Miles and MJ Worthington. 1998. Tree-ring dates from Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory.
- SNA68632 - Report: Dan Miles. 1998. Interim dendrochronology report Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.
- SZM10917 - Photograph - black and white: J Simmonds. 05/05/1988. Willington Dovecote. 2M. 14.
- SZM12829 - Slide: J Simmonds. 05/05/1988. Willington Dovecote. 1.
- SZM14227 - Photograph - black and white: J Simmonds. 05/05/1988. Willington Dovecote. 2M. 11.
- SZM14361 - Slide: J Simmonds. 05/05/1988. Willington Dovecote. 2M. 2.
- SZM1754 - Unpublished document: M Dawson. 1994. Watching Brief Willington Dovecote and Stables.
- SZM22692 - Slide: J Simmonds. 05/05/1988. Willington Dovecote. 5.
- SZM23496 - Photograph - black and white: J Simmonds. 05/05/1988. Willington Dovecote. 15.
- SZM2473 - Scheduling record: DOE. 1984. Borough of North Bedfordshire.
- SZM2790 - Scheduling record: DOE. 1978. List of Ancient Monuments 3.
- SZM35409 - Photograph - black and white: J Simmonds. 05/05/1988. Willington Dovecote. 9.
- SZM3575 - Monograph: H Arthur Doubleday, William Page. 1912. The Victoria County History of the County of Bedford. 3.
- SZM410 - Monograph: Godber. 1969. History of Bedfordshire.
- SZM41237 - Slide: J Simmonds. 05/05/1988. Willington Dovecote. 6.
- SZM41863 - Photograph - black and white: J Simmonds. 05/05/1988. Willington Dovecote. 2M. 12.
- SZM43258 - Slide: J Simmonds. 05/05/1988. Willington Dovecote. 2M. 3.
- SZM45982 - Photograph - black and white: J Simmonds. 05/05/1988. Willington Dovecote. 2M. 13.
- SZM47013 - Slide: J Simmonds. 05/05/1988. Willington Dovecote. 2M. 4.
- SZM52879 - Unpublished document: Bedfordshire County Council Archaeological Services. August 1994. Watching Brief, Willington Dovecote and Stables. 94/22.
- SZM52880 - National Trust Report: G Marshall and M Papworth. 1997. Resistivity Survey, Willington Dovecote and Stables.
- SZM6949 - Monograph: Godber. Willington Dovecote and Stable.
- SZM7683 - Scheduling record: DOE. 1960. Bedford R.D..
- SZM9355 - Monograph: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1968. The Buildings of England: Bedfordshire and the Counties of Huntingdonshire and Peterborough. 1.
Other Statuses and References
- Area of Archaeological Importance
Associated Events
- ENA614 - Archaeological Intervention, Watching Brief, Willington Dovecote and Stables, 1994
- ENA616 - Archaeological Intervention, Watching brief at Willington Dovecote, 1994
- ENA2373 - Field Survey, Resistivity survey, Willington Dovecote and Stable, 2001
- ENA7270 - Field Survey, Geophysics survey of the enclosed paddock west of Willington Church, 2005
- ENA2375 - Archaeological Intervention, Watching Brief, Willington Dovecote and Stables, 1994
- ENA7310 - Heritage Assessment, Dendro dating of Willington dovecote
Associated Finds
None Recorded
Related Records
None Recorded