Glenharvie Dovecot is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Dovecot.
Glenharvie Dovecot
- WRENN ID
- sombre-ember-juniper
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1986
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NX 956 664
- Coordinates
- 54.98124, -3.63252
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Glenharvie Dovecot is likely an 18th-century building. It has a square plan and is two stories high, topped with a pyramidal slate roof and constructed from painted rubble. The main door is located on the west side at ground level, while a single window is positioned on the south side. There is also a small door at the upper level, which is next to two small rectangular flight-holes that face north.
Local climate
Glenharvie Dovecot sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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