Dovecot, Geilston House, Cardross is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 May 1971. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Geilston House, Cardross

WRENN ID
floating-copper-fog
Grade
B
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 339 783
Coordinates
55.9689, -4.66276
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The dovecot at Geilston House in Cardross dates from the early 19th century and has undergone modern restoration. It is a two-stage, square-plan structure currently used as a vegetable store. The building is constructed of rubble with ashlar margins and dressings, featuring quoin strips. There is a boarded door on the eastern elevation, with an oculus above it. The roof has a triangular pediment that breaks the eaves and includes flightholes.

The roof is covered with grey slate and has lead flashings, topped with a finialled weathervane.

Local climate

Dovecot, Geilston House, Cardross 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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