Dovecot, Manar House is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 November 1972.

Dovecot, Manar House

WRENN ID
first-groin-snow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
24 November 1972
OS grid reference
NJ 736 199
Coordinates
57.26984, -2.43898
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century dovecot located on the Manar Estate. It is circular and built with harled walls. The roof is conical and covered in slate. The windows are pointed in shape. As noted by Niven Robertson in Old Dovecots, the structure is of historic interest.

Local climate

Dovecot, Manar 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 lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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