Dovecot, Herdmanston is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Herdmanston
- WRENN ID
- stony-cobalt-vetch
- 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 470 699
- Coordinates
- 55.91996, -2.84814
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The dovecot at Herdmanston dates back to the 17th century and is a double lectern type, though it is currently in poor condition as of 1988. The structure is built from rubble with harl pointing and features ashlar dressings, along with two rat courses. It measures 30 feet by 18 feet in plan. Originally, there were two doorways on the south side, with small windows above the rat course and a blank panel in between. The eastern side of the south elevation is currently derelict. The position of two former dormers, which contained flight-holes, is indicated by large gaps in the purple slated roof. The dovecot has crowstepped skews and beak skewputts.
Inside, it was originally lined with 2,000 nesting boxes, each one foot deep.
Local climate
Dovecot, Herdmanston 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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