Dovecot, Montcoffer House is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 July 1976. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Montcoffer House
- WRENN ID
- nether-garret-winter
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 2 July 1976
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NJ 687 612
- Coordinates
- 57.64022, -2.5255
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Montcoffer House dates from around 1790 and is a two-stage, cylindrical structure designed in the Gothic style. Currently, it is roofless as of 1990. The exterior is harled, featuring grey ashlar dressings and chamfered reveals. A tall, narrow, pointed arch doorway is located on the north side, with an arrow slit opening above it. The second stage includes a pointed arch panel with tiered flight-holes, three stone ledges, and nine flight holes. Arrow slit openings with windows above are repeated twice around the dovecot, and there is a cruciform apex to the arrow slit on the south side. Inside, the walls are lined with brick and stone nests.
Local climate
Dovecot, Montcoffer House receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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