Dovecot, Corsewall, Kirkcolm is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972.
Dovecot, Corsewall, Kirkcolm
- WRENN ID
- proud-marble-merlin
- 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 030 695
- Coordinates
- 54.98177, -5.07885
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a circular dovecot dating from before 1847, located within Dove Cot Plantation to the north of Corsewall House. The structure is built of rubble with some red sandstone ashlar dressings. A doorway is present on the south side, featuring ashlar jambs with stugged squared tails, though the lintel is missing. A window is located on the east side, with a granite lintel. The top of the tower is edged with ashlar flat coping, although some sections are missing. Two ashlar panels, each containing three flight-holes, are situated at eaves level on the south side, with the remains of a ledge visible on the left-hand panel.
The interior is lined with brick, stone, and slate nesting boxes. The dovecot is not marked on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1976 (Sheet NX06NW), and its approximate location is indicated. The structure was surveyed in 1847 and is shown on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1849 for Wigtownshire, Sheet 4. Corsewall House and associated structures are listed separately.
Local climate
Dovecot, Corsewall, Kirkcolm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 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 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 0.2°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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