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

Dovecot, Ormiston Hall

WRENN ID
rusted-mortar-finch
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 412 673
Coordinates
55.89576, -2.94113
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The dovecot at Ormiston Hall dates back to the 18th century and is designed in a cylindrical tower form, measuring 10 feet in diameter and standing 24 feet high. It is constructed from roughly coursed sandstone ashlar and features a base course and a jettied parapet. There is a doorway on the south side, with two arrow slit flight holes positioned above it, and a bracketed shelf located below a row of 13 entrance holes. The interior was formerly lined with timber nesting boxes, but the dovecot is currently roofless.

Local climate

Dovecot, Ormiston Hall 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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