Dovecot, Strichen House is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Doocot.
Dovecot, Strichen House
- WRENN ID
- tired-chimney-martin
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- Doocot
- OS grid reference
- NJ 937 544
- Coordinates
- 57.5799, -2.10688
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Strichen House is a large circular structure, likely built around 1821. It is made of squared granite rubble with pinnings and features a plain belt course halfway up. The dovecot has a triangular opening and a square-headed doorway. It has been gutted and previously had a lead dome, along with brick and stone boxes.
Local climate
Dovecot, Strichen House receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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