Dovecot, Home Farm, Fothringham House is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Doocot.
Dovecot, Home Farm, Fothringham House
- WRENN ID
- third-beam-bramble
- 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 458 440
- Coordinates
- 56.58557, -2.88367
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a circular dovecot located at Home Farm, Fothringham House, dating from the late 18th century. It features a harled exterior and a conical roof that is slated. The structure includes an entry turret and has a timber post verandah. There is also a cattle shed in the basement.
Local climate
Dovecot, Home Farm, Fothringham 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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