Dovecot, Carloonan, Inveraray Castle Estate is a Grade A listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Doocot.

Dovecot, Carloonan, Inveraray Castle Estate

WRENN ID
south-cobalt-russet
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1971
Type
Doocot
OS grid reference
NN 088 105
Coordinates
56.24933, -5.08761
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Dovecot at Carloonan, part of the Inveraray Castle Estate, was built between 1747 and 1748 and designed by architect Roger Morris, with William Douglas as the mason. This circular structure features two storeys and a basement, finished with harled walls and topped by a conical slate roof. At the top, there is a small lantern with entrance holes. The building has a moulded eaves course and a string course. Access to the upper floors is provided by doors, while the basement has a dressed stone doorway that is domed and includes a fireplace.

Local climate

Dovecot, Carloonan, Inveraray Castle Estate sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,950 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow 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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