Dovecot, Ratho Park, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Ratho Park, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- tired-step-dew
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1971
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NT 151 709
- Coordinates
- 55.92396, -3.35979
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Ratho Park in Edinburgh dates back to 1713 and is a two-stage, two-chambered lectern dovecot. It is constructed of rubble with partial harling, featuring stugged sandstone margins and quoins, as well as a rat-course. The building originally had a lean-to roof with crow-stepped gables, but it is now roofless.
On the south elevation, the dovecot is symmetrical with two bays. It has doors that provide access to separate chambers, and above these doors are sandstone oculus flight-holes. The lintels above the doors are inscribed with the monogram AF and the date 1713. Inside, there are sandstone nesting boxes, with a total of 1,641, some of which have been infilled. The north, east, and west elevations are blank.
Local climate
Dovecot, Ratho Park, Edinburgh 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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