Windmill, Rockville Farm is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Dovecot. 2 related planning applications.
Windmill, Rockville Farm
- WRENN ID
- north-merlon-jet
- 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
- Address
- Windmill, Rockville Farm, EH39 5NZ
- OS grid reference
- NT 551 818
- Coordinates
- 56.02712, -2.72108
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The building is an 18th-century, three-stage circular dovecot located at Rockville Farm. It features random rubble construction that has been repaired with brick and includes ashlar dressings. The dovecot was formerly harled and has a slate rat course above the ground stage, with the second stage tapering.
At the ground level, there is a round-arched doorway, and a later round-arched opening has been inserted above this door, surrounded by render. There is an original round-arched opening on the opposite side of the second stage, which has an ashlar surround. The parapet stage is corbelled out and has a crenellated appearance due to square flight holes, which are currently blocked. The roof is a shallow slate cone topped with a simple weathervane. There is also a narrow slit at the ground level on the side, which is currently blocked.
At the rear, the dovecot is adjacent to a boundary wall of the steading. Inside, the ground floor chamber is brick-vaulted and has stone flagging, while the upper chamber is brick-lined and contains some nesting boxes.
Local climate
Windmill, Rockville Farm receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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