Dovecot, Humbie is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 March 1994. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Humbie
- WRENN ID
- lost-joist-rye
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 March 1994
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NT 115 756
- Coordinates
- 55.96552, -3.41899
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot in Humbie is an early 18th century structure that is now in ruins. It features a two-stage, two-chamber design and is built from random rubble with ashlar quoins and a rat-course. The south wall has completely collapsed, while the north wall remains standing to about 10 feet. Portions of the west and east walls are also still intact. Inside, the dovecot has regular square nesting boxes, typical of its double chambered layout.
Local climate
Dovecot, Humbie receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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