Dovecot, Drylaw House, Groathill Road North, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 October 1965. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Drylaw House, Groathill Road North, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
former-gravel-yarrow
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 October 1965
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NT 219 755
Coordinates
55.96627, -3.25234
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This early 18th century dovecot, located at Drylaw House on Groathill Road North in Edinburgh, features a two-stage, double-chambered design. The original roof sloped from north to south, but it is now missing along with the crowsteps, nesting boxes, and the upper part of the south wall. The structure is built from rubble sandstone that includes fragments of dressed stone. There is a rat course, which has undergone later repairs, or an alighting ledge above the first stage, and remnants of droved coping can be seen on the north wall. Two doorways are present on the south side, with replacement doors. Additionally, there is a fragment of a marriage lintel with inscribed figures 6, 7, and 8 positioned above the outer left doorway.

Local climate

Dovecot, Drylaw House, Groathill Road North, Edinburgh receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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