Dovecot, Saltoun Hall is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Saltoun Hall
- WRENN ID
- small-gutter-hyssop
- 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 459 684
- Coordinates
- 55.9065, -2.8664
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Saltoun Hall, possibly designed by Robert Burn around 1800, is a square, castellated structure that is harled. It is located across the Birn Water from Saltoun Hall, nestled within woodland. Each elevation features round-arched panels with impost bands, blind quatrefoils, embossed and diapered panels, and a crenellated parapet. There is a doorway on one side, which is accessed by stone steps. At the top, an octagonal lantern is present, equipped with flight holes and crenellated, featuring arrow-slit windows on each face that are alternately glazed and blinded. The circular interior is lined with nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecot, Saltoun 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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