Dovecot, Haddo is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 April 1985.
Dovecot, Haddo
- WRENN ID
- solitary-chancel-wren
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 April 1985
- OS grid reference
- NJ 620 461
- Coordinates
- 57.50417, -2.63469
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an 18th-century dovecot, set into the south end of an early 19th-century oval walled garden enclosure at Haddo. The dovecot is cylindrical and, as of 1989, was in poor condition. It is constructed from random rubble and boulders, with a harled exterior and two courses of slate as alighting ledges. A cornice runs along the top. A reset armorial panel is located between the second string course and the cornice, featuring a lion rampant with a sword, a coronet, and a thistle, all of which are heavily weathered. There is a flight opening above. The bell-cast roof has collapsed, and was originally slated. Inside, remains of wooden nesting boxes and a potence are visible.
Local climate
Dovecot, Haddo receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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