Dovecot, Genoch Mains is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. Doocot.
Dovecot, Genoch Mains
- WRENN ID
- quiet-landing-sparrow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1972
- Type
- Doocot
- OS grid reference
- NX 135 564
- Coordinates
- 54.8676, -4.90753
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The dovecot at Genoch Mains is an early 19th-century cylindrical tower. It is constructed of rendered rubble, although much of the render has flaked off. There is a doorway on the north side, and an opening with a slate cill at the eaves on the east side. Additionally, there is an opening on the south side. A brick corbel course runs along the eaves, which was originally rendered. The roof is covered with small grey slates and features an ogee shape topped by a slated cupola, which includes flight-holes and an iron finial. Brick nesting boxes remain on the west side and above the north doorway.
Local climate
Dovecot, Genoch Mains sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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