Dovecot, Lour House is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Doocot.
Dovecot, Lour House
- WRENN ID
- nether-gutter-birch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Doocot
- OS grid reference
- NO 476 462
- Coordinates
- 56.60494, -2.85436
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Lour House is a rectangular lean-to structure that was originally designed as a twin-chamber. It is constructed from rubble and slate, featuring crowstepped flanks with carved head skewputs. This building dates back to the 17th century and has undergone alterations since its original construction.
Local climate
Dovecot, Lour House 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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