Dovecot, Bowerhouse is a Grade A listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Bowerhouse
- WRENN ID
- fading-flue-birch
- Grade
- A
- 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 667 767
- Coordinates
- 55.98221, -2.53368
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The building is a large double lectern dovecot from the 18th century, constructed of rubble red Bourhouse sandstone, which was formerly harled. It measures 32 feet by 16 feet in plan and features a string course.
On the southeast elevation, there are two segmentally arched doorways with small openings above them. The grey slated roof has a crowstepped division at the center, which is broken horizontally at the mid-point by a row of 34 flight holes. There are pointed arched openings above the string courses on the east and west crowstepped elevations, while the rear is blank.
Inside, the dividing wall is 3 feet thick, with the lower part having a ceiling height of 8 feet; this area was formerly used as a stable. The dovecot currently accommodates 946 nests, down from the original 1,402.
Local climate
Dovecot, Bowerhouse receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% 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 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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