Dovecot, Glasserton Home Farm is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. 1 related planning application.
Dovecot, Glasserton Home Farm
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-rampart-peregrine
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1972
- OS grid reference
- NX 416 379
- Coordinates
- 54.7115, -4.4593
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an 18th-century dovecot, likely of lectern design, situated within the grounds of Glasserton Home Farm. The dovecot is square and lacks a roof. It is constructed of rubble walls which have been rendered and feature projecting rat-courses. A barrel-vaulted basement is present. The upper levels contain nesting boxes, approximately 400 in total, made of brick and slate. A triangular sandstone panel, coloured red, is set into the top level, incorporating flight holes and perches, alongside a rectangular opening. A doorway is located in the north wall, with sandstone jambs that are chamfered. The dovecot is linked to Glasserton Home Farm.
Local climate
Dovecot, Glasserton Home Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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