Dovecot, Barr House is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. Doocot.
Dovecot, Barr House
- WRENN ID
- little-tin-nettle
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1980
- Type
- Doocot
- OS grid reference
- NR 667 363
- Coordinates
- 55.56469, -5.70015
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Barr House is an 18th-century structure with an oblong shape. It is built from snecked rubble and features a gabled design. The building is currently roofless.
Local climate
Dovecot, Barr House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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