Dovecot, Hermitage Of Braid, Braid Road, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 July 1966. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Hermitage Of Braid, Braid Road, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
shadowed-slate-saffron
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South MP: Ian Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 July 1966
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NT 248 703
Coordinates
55.91989, -3.20416
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Dovecot at the Hermitage of Braid on Braid Road in Edinburgh dates from the late 17th to early 18th century. It is a substantial rectangular-plan double-chamber lectern dovecot constructed from variegated sandstone rubble with stugged dressings.

The building features a gabled rear wall, shaped side gables, and a lean-to roof. On the south wall, there are two barred doors and two rectangular openings situated above a continuous projecting rat-course. The eaves are rounded with a moulded eaves gutter, and there are two gabled openings in the roof.

Inside, the dovecot is lined with 1,965 stone nesting boxes. Additionally, there are remains of a tall rubble wall with heavy buttresses to the north.

Local climate

Dovecot, Hermitage Of Braid, Braid Road, 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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