Dovecot, Newliston House is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Newliston House

WRENN ID
grim-fireplace-bracken
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1971
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NT 111 735
Coordinates
55.9464, -3.42353
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The dovecot at Newliston House is an early 18th-century structure that has been converted into a residence around 1975. It features double chambers and is designed in a two-stage lectern style. The building is constructed from rubble sandstone with squared dressings, including a rat course and a cill course. It has two pointed arch flight openings on the south side, along with later square-headed insertions. The crowstepped skews add to its architectural character. There are two boarded doors on the south side, various square windows on the east, west, and north elevations, and an additional door on the north side. The roof is made of grey slate and includes a lead course at the mid pitch, along with a row of flight-holes.

Local climate

Dovecot, Newliston House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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