Dovecot, Balbegno Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972.
Dovecot, Balbegno Castle
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-foundation-fern
- Grade
- A
- 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 640 729
- Coordinates
- 56.84694, -2.59148
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a 17th-century dovecot located within the grounds of Balbegno Castle. The structure is rectangular, measuring 18 feet 9 inches by 16 feet 4 inches, and is built of red rubble stone. A distinct rat-course is visible. The pitched roof is stone slated and features crowsteps. The dovecot has an entrance in its west gable. The original pigeon boxes have been removed.
The building is given Category A group value in recognition of its significance as part of the surrounding historic landscape and its relationship to other structures at Balbegno Castle (items 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 on the list). Further information can be found in Niven Robertson's "Old Dovecotes," page 343.
Local climate
Dovecot, Balbegno 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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