Dovecot, Wester Pencaitland Farm is a Grade A listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Wester Pencaitland Farm
- WRENN ID
- old-mullion-swift
- Grade
- A
- 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 440 689
- Coordinates
- 55.91038, -2.89707
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Wester Pencaitland Farm is a 17th-century lectern dovecot with a rectangular plan measuring approximately 21 feet by 27 feet. It is constructed of rubble sandstone, which was previously harled, and features two rat courses, one located at the eaves level. The dovecot is positioned on rising ground. There is a doorway at the center of the south side, along with two semi-circular flight-holes and a blank panel beneath the eaves, which may have been inscribed or served as a former sundial. The rear wall is finished with ashlar coping, and the side elevations have raised crowstepped skews. The roof is made of purple slate and includes a row of flight-holes at the midpoint. Inside, there are square nesting boxes designed to accommodate 1,136 pigeons.
Local climate
Dovecot, Wester Pencaitland Farm 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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