Dovecot, Darleith House is a Grade A listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 May 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Darleith House
- WRENN ID
- scarred-roof-coral
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1971
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NS 346 805
- Coordinates
- 55.98962, -4.65237
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Darleith House, dating from around 1790, is a four-stage structure built from whinstone and sandstone rubble, with some areas of harling and partial cement repointing. It features quoins and windows with ashlar margins. The dovecot has a rectangular plan and a telescopic tower topped with a weathervane finial.
On the main elevation, there is a pedimented entrance and an eaves course with ashlar coping on the skews, along with console moulded skewputts. The broad door may have been enlarged and has a modern lintel. The telescopic tower rises from the rear half of the block, with a square-plan base and a blocked window at the rear elevation, as well as a window on the side. The upper portion of the tower is circular in plan, with the lower stage featuring a window facing the main elevation and one on the side. The upper stage is capped by a conical slate roof, which has flight holes on the rear side.
The dovecot has a grey slate roof with ashlar coping on the skews, which is covered in ivy. The interior was not seen in 1995.
Local climate
Dovecot, Darleith House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,620 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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