Dovecot, Inglismaldie Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 June 1972. Castle dovecot.
Dovecot, Inglismaldie Castle
- WRENN ID
- sombre-baluster-autumn
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1972
- Type
- Castle dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NO 642 665
- Coordinates
- 56.78931, -2.58717
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The dovecot at Inglismaldie Castle dates back to the 18th century. It is a large double-chamber structure, measuring 29 feet 5 inches by 15 feet 8 inches, and features a lean-to design without crowsteps. The back wall is adorned with three conical finials, and the building is constructed from red rubble with a rat course. Each chamber contains 760 nests.
Local climate
Dovecot, Inglismaldie Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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