Dovecot, Congalton Gardens is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 December 1988. Dovecote.
Dovecot, Congalton Gardens
- WRENN ID
- fading-floor-pine
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1988
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- NT 541 800
- Coordinates
- 56.01137, -2.73747
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Congalton Gardens is possibly from the 16th century and features a two-stage beehive design, measuring 15 feet in diameter. The exterior is constructed from rubble and is harled, with a rat-course present. It has a low doorway and retains the remains of a shallow cone cap covered with slates. At the rear, a curved rubble wall encircles the dovecot, backed by a brick wall. Inside, the dovecot has circular tiers lined with nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecot, Congalton Gardens 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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