Dovecot, Orrock House is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Doocot.
Dovecot, Orrock House
- WRENN ID
- guardian-jamb-frost
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- Doocot
- OS grid reference
- NJ 959 193
- Coordinates
- 57.26465, -2.06824
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The dovecot at Orrock House was likely built around 1782. It is circular in shape and constructed from rubble with a rat-course, featuring some brick nests inside.
Local climate
Dovecot, Orrock House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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