Dovecot, Waughton Castle is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Waughton Castle
- WRENN ID
- mired-plaster-frost
- 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 567 807
- Coordinates
- 56.01807, -2.696
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The dovecot at Waughton Castle is a 16th century beehive structure that has fallen into neglect. It is constructed from random whinstone rubble and stands approximately 20 feet tall, featuring large round stones at the base and flatter slabs at the top. There are two rat courses and an eaves course. The entrance is located on the northwest side and has a damaged lintel. Inside, there are 700 stone nests, but the roof is missing.
Local climate
Dovecot, Waughton Castle 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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