Dovecot, Pittarrow is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972.
Dovecot, Pittarrow
- WRENN ID
- plain-sill-foxglove
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1972
- OS grid reference
- NO 726 749
- Coordinates
- 56.86507, -2.45023
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a dovecot, likely dating from the early 18th century. It is a square building constructed of rubble and topped with a pyramidal slate roof.
Local climate
Dovecot, Pittarrow receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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