Dovecot, Castlesteads House is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 November 1990. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Castlesteads House

WRENN ID
patient-jade-moon
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 November 1990
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NT 336 698
Coordinates
55.91709, -3.06296
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The dovecot at Castlesteads House is likely from the 18th century and underwent significant alterations in the 19th century. It is a single chamber, lean-to structure with an oblong plan. The lower part of the building is made of pink rubble, while yellow rubble is used above the door lintel, featuring ashlar dressings and a rat course. There is a doorway on the south side with a timber lintel and a square panel above the rat course at the center. The other elevations are blank, and there are flight holes located at the center of the roof pitch. The roof has ashlar coped skews and is covered with grey slates. Inside, the dovecot is lined with nesting boxes made of ashlar shelves and brick divisions.

Local climate

Dovecot, Castlesteads House receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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