Dovecot, Dalswinton House is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.
Dovecot, Dalswinton House
- WRENN ID
- ragged-balcony-indigo
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- OS grid reference
- NX 942 844
- Coordinates
- 55.14349, -3.65996
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a circular dovecot, built before 1796 as part of Dalswinton House. The dovecot is constructed of red ashlar stone, with a stugged finish below a horizontal band course, and a droved finish above. Polished dressings are also present. The structure is now roofless and largely gutted. The dovecot is divided into two storeys by the band course. At ground level are two doors and two windows. Flight holes are located in the main cornice and beneath it. Corbels were originally situated above the cornice, but the parapet has been removed. The interior is partly brick-lined and shows evidence of an internal stair, while the original nesting boxes have been destroyed. A print from 1796 (held in the Ewart Library, Dumfries) depicts the dovecot with a corbelled parapet.
Local climate
Dovecot, Dalswinton House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% 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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