Dovecot, Mains Of Rochelhill is a Grade A listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Mains Of Rochelhill
- WRENN ID
- tired-pavement-hyssop
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NO 375 451
- Coordinates
- 56.59399, -3.01935
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Mains of Rochelhill, dated 1713, is a single-chamber, rectangular-plan lectern dovecot. It features narrow bands of coursed rubble with a dressed rubble doorway. The structure has a stepped rat course and alighting ledge made of Angus stone slate, along with an ashlar cornice. The roof is covered with Angus stone slate and has ashlar-coped skews.
On the southeast elevation, there are steps leading up to the central door, which has dated door jambs. Above the door, there is an armorial panel inscribed with "HOP IN THE HEIST" and dated 1565, positioned over the alighting ledge and a corniced canopy that forms the base of a pointed-arch opening.
Inside, the stone nesting boxes are in good condition.
Local climate
Dovecot, Mains Of Rochelhill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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