Dovecot, Belton House is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Belton House

WRENN ID
shifting-steeple-plover
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 645 768
Coordinates
55.98314, -2.56936
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Dovecot at Belton House is an early 19th-century, two-chamber lectern dovecot. It is constructed of random rubble, which was formerly harled, and features droved ashlar dressings and a string course along the gables. There is a doorway on the south side. The structure has crow-stepped gables and a corrugated iron roof, which is swept and has a flight-hole located at the midpoint of the pitch. Originally, both chambers were linked with nesting boxes; however, the western chamber has been converted to house an acetylene gas plant that powered Belton House. The eastern chamber contains 560 nest boxes.

Local climate

Dovecot, Belton House receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% 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 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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