Dovecote At Swainsley near Warslow - Swainsley, Manifold Valley, Staffordshire Moorlands , UK
N 53° 06.916 W 001° 51.988
30U E 575867 N 5885693
The dovecote is located near to the Swainsley Tunnel on the Manifold Way, a footpath and cycleway in the Manifold Valley.
Waymark Code: WM15RZX
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/20/2022
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The Swainsley dovecote can be seen from the Manifold Way footpath and cycleway near to the entrance to the Swainsley Tunnel.
The circular dovecote is constructed from stone and has a tiled roof. It is situated in a field adjacent to the River Manifold, and belongs to the nearby Swainsley Hall.
Pigeons and Doves were once an important food source and they were encouraged to nest in dovecotes to provide flesh and eggs.
The dovecote may predate Swainsley Hall which was built in the 1860s for Roscoe a London solicitor. Thomas Wardle bought Swainsley Hall in 1896 as a weekend house. He and had many famous guests including Samuel Langhorne Clemens (better known as Mark Twain) and Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout movement.
More recently, the hall has been used as a hotel, pub and restaurant, though it is now a private house.
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