Dovecot, Durn House, Portsoy is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1972. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Durn House, Portsoy

WRENN ID
roaming-timber-marsh
Grade
B
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 588 651
Coordinates
57.67407, -2.69136
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The dovecot at Durn House in Portsoy is likely from the 17th century. It is a tall, rectangular structure built of rubble, now covered with modern harl. The building has boulder footings and a single heavy rat course, with longer elevations facing north and south. The south front features a doorway with ashlar margins at the center, along with a smaller shuttered pigeon entrance above it. Each gable has a single round vent, and the roof is finished with crowsteps and slate. Inside, there are approximately 500 nesting boxes lining the interior.

Local climate

Dovecot, Durn House, Portsoy 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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