Under Bolton Farm is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971.
Under Bolton Farm
- WRENN ID
- muted-flagstone-reed
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1971
- OS grid reference
- NT 506 700
- Coordinates
- 55.92102, -2.79051
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
A late 18th century circular dovecot, situated near Under Bolton Farm. The dovecot is constructed of rubble with a battered base and ashlar detailing around the door margins and corbels at the eaves. It has a conical grey slate roof surmounted by a decorative octagonal timber lantern with a leaded dome and a weathervane. A doorway provides access from the roadside. The building adjoins a steading range to the south. Inside, the walls are lined with 710 nesting boxes. The dovecot is prominently situated in Bolton village. A similar, more ornate circular dovecot exists at Keith Marischal Steading, Humbie. Contemporary references can be found in the Transactions of East Lothian Antiquarian and Field Naturalists, volume 111 (1934), and the Weekly Scotsman of 1 January 1947.
Local climate
Under Bolton Farm receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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