Dovecot, Glassaugh is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1972. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Glassaugh
- WRENN ID
- mired-bailey-sorrel
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1972
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NJ 559 647
- Coordinates
- 57.67077, -2.74092
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The dovecot at Glassaugh dates from around 1600 and is a small beehive structure built in the typical four stages. It features harl pointed random rubble with tooled rubble dressings. The doorway is located on the east side of the dovecot, and there are pigeon entrances at the apex. Each course of the dovecot is defined by a stone slate rat course. Inside, there are original stone nesting boxes, which are fronted by a series of late 18th century brick boxes, totaling 184 boxes. This addition reduces the interior radius and space.
Local climate
Dovecot, Glassaugh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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