Dovecot, Gartshore House is a Grade B listed building in the East Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 May 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Gartshore House
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-obsidian-bramble
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Dunbartonshire
- Constituency
- Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch MP: Katrina Murray (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1971
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NS 692 737
- Coordinates
- 55.93904, -4.09495
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Gartshore House is a cylindrical structure featuring moulded stone eaves and a Victorian conical slate roof, which is topped by a weathervane. Although it dates back to the 18th century, it was likely reconstructed when the mansion was rebuilt in the late 19th century.
Local climate
Dovecot, Gartshore House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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