Dovecot, Redhall House, Craiglockhart Drive South, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 July 1966. Dovecote. 1 related planning application.

Dovecot, Redhall House, Craiglockhart Drive South, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
north-steeple-crow
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South West MP: Dr Scott Arthur (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 July 1966
Type
Dovecote
OS grid reference
NT 220 703
Coordinates
55.91984, -3.24901
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The dovecot at Redhall House, located on Craiglockhart Drive South in Edinburgh, was built in 1756 for John Christy. It has a hexagonal shape and is constructed from rubble with a slated roof. Notably, it features a 16th century panel displaying the Otterburn arms.

Local climate

Dovecot, Redhall House, Craiglockhart Drive South, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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