Dovecot, Grange House, Bridgeness, Bo'Ness is a Grade B listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 November 1980. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Grange House, Bridgeness, Bo'Ness

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Falkirk
Constituency
Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 November 1980
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NT 014 812
Coordinates
56.01434, -3.58312
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building is a large rectangular plan dovecot, likely dating from the late 17th century to the early 18th century. It has undergone alterations in the 18th to 19th centuries to accommodate a winding engine for a nearby mining shaft. The structure is built of rubble sandstone with red brick patching. It features large round-arched openings on the north and south sides, and a tall slender round-arched opening on the west side.

Inside, the upper part contains 415 brick nest boxes that rest on stone slabs. Additionally, there is a section of rubble wall to the south, and to the west, a low circular sandstone rubble capped pit shaft with brick infill and a flat concrete cap.

Local climate

Dovecot, Grange House, Bridgeness, Bo'Ness sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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