Dovecot, Denbie is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Denbie
- WRENN ID
- long-obsidian-candle
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NY 108 730
- Coordinates
- 55.04405, -3.39599
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Denbie, dated 1775, is an octagonal structure topped with a lantern over a facetted roof. It is built from rubble with ashlar dressings, primarily whitewashed. The dovecot features a square-headed door with patterned iron hinges facing southeast, and a round-headed opening above with exposed margins and a dated keystone. There are two tiers of arcaded flight holes, with the upper tier made of timber and a fanlight above. The lantern also includes flight holes and four-pane windows on its elevations, with columns at the corners and a weathervane finial. The roof is slate with rooflights and is leaded over the lantern.
Inside, there are tiers of brick nesting boxes that reach nearly to the ground level, and there is no potence present.
Local climate
Dovecot, Denbie sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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