Dovecot, Dumfries House is a Grade A listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Dovecote.
Dovecot, Dumfries House
- WRENN ID
- lone-dormer-dock
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- NS 539 203
- Coordinates
- 55.45515, -4.31105
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The dovecot at Dumfries House is a single chamber structure that features harled walls and crowstepped gables. It is dated 1671 and underwent repairs in 1842.
Local climate
Dovecot, Dumfries House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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