Dovecot, St Germains is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, St Germains
- WRENN ID
- little-wall-jay
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1971
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NT 426 745
- Coordinates
- 55.9607, -2.92055
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at St Germains is an 18th-century structure designed in a circular shape with two stages. It is built from sandstone rubble and features remnants of a rat course and a string course, which indicate the former presence of a battlemented parapet. There is a door located to the south, with a ventilation slit above it that was previously barred. On the east and west sides, there are two narrow flightholes with ashlar lined jambs, positioned higher in the second stage of the dovecot. The roof is shallow and domed, made of stone. The interior was not seen during the last inspection in 1989.
Local climate
Dovecot, St Germains receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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