Dovecot, Kirroughtree House is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Doocot.

Dovecot, Kirroughtree House

WRENN ID
old-alcove-moss
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 November 1971
Type
Doocot
OS grid reference
NX 418 662
Coordinates
54.96529, -4.47162
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Dovecot at Kirroughtree House is an 18th-century octagonal tower. It is constructed from rendered rubble and features brick and stone nesting boxes. There is a rat course below the wallhead, and a doorway is located on the south side. Each face of the dovecot has an opening at ground level, and it contains approximately 460 nesting boxes. The structure is currently roofless.

Local climate

Dovecot, Kirroughtree House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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