Dovecot, Wester Denoon is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Wester Denoon
- WRENN ID
- watchful-kitchen-birch
- Grade
- B
- 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 347 430
- Coordinates
- 56.57525, -3.06382
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a dovecot dated 1711, featuring a single chamber and a rectangular plan. It is constructed from coursed and random rubble, with a moulded ashlar doorway. There is a stepped rat course or alighting ledge. The center door is located to the south and has a lintel inscribed with "17-JB-KO-11." The interior is lined with stone nesting boxes, and the dovecot is currently roofless.
Local climate
Dovecot, Wester Denoon 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 66 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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