Dovecot, Mortonhall House, Frogston Road East, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 April 1996. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Mortonhall House, Frogston Road East, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
veiled-timber-holly
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South MP: Ian Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 April 1996
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NT 262 684
Coordinates
55.90352, -3.18049
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This mid 19th century dovecot is square in shape and features a piend roof with three stages. It is located next to a tall rubble screen wall to the north. The dovecot is constructed from coursed rubble with rubble quoins and has ashlar margins. There is a low doorway on the west side with a square opening above it, and a rectangular opening close under the eaves that includes four flight holes. The eaves line shows evidence of buildings that were once attached to the south and east, which are no longer present. The roof is covered with graded grey slates.

Local climate

Dovecot, Mortonhall House, Frogston Road East, 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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