Dovecot, Main Street, Athelstaneford is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971.
Dovecot, Main Street, Athelstaneford
- WRENN ID
- dim-bronze-raven
- 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 532 773
- Coordinates
- 55.98704, -2.75066
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a 1583 dovecote, located to the northwest of the church in Athelstaneford, East Lothian. It is a lectern dovecote—a type designed to allow the keeper to reach all boxes from a central point. The dovecote is constructed of random rubble with stugged dressings, now with patchy harl render. It features two rat courses (rows of small stones to prevent rodent access), with a small opening above the first course on the south side. The gables are crowstepped and support a grey slate lean-to roof, which has 14 flight holes across the middle. The dovecote contains 600 nesting boxes. Above the west doorway are the initials "CH", which are likely associated with the Hepburn family of Smeaton-Hepburn, Prestonkirk.
Local climate
Dovecot, Main Street, Athelstaneford receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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