Dovecot, West Meikle Pinkerton Farm is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, West Meikle Pinkerton Farm
- WRENN ID
- riven-niche-fen
- 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 702 756
- Coordinates
- 55.97316, -2.47783
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This building is a dovecot located at West Meikle Pinkerton Farm, likely dating from the 17th century. It features a beehive shape with a low piend roofed addition that projects to the side, which was probably a windmill originally. The structure is made of roughly coursed rubble, which was previously harled, and has a string course below 17 flight holes located under the former eaves. There is a low doorway, and the original conical slated roof has collapsed. The dovecot originally contained 762 nesting boxes of an unusual form. The piended extension has a pantiled roof and includes an opening by the dovecot.
Local climate
Dovecot, West Meikle Pinkerton Farm receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% 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 10 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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