Dovecot, Countesswells House is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 April 1971. Dovecot. 1 related planning application.

Dovecot, Countesswells House

WRENN ID
third-tin-hemlock
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 April 1971
Type
Dovecot
Address
Dovecot, Countesswells House, AB15 9BT
OS grid reference
NJ 872 042
Coordinates
57.12859, -2.21244
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Dovecot at Countesswells House is an 18th-century circular structure featuring a chamfered doorway and a rat course. It has tile boxes set on an arched brick base. The conical roof has recently been destroyed by windblown timber.

Local climate

Dovecot, Countesswells House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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