Dovecot, St Colme House is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 December 1979. Dovecot. 1 related planning application.
Dovecot, St Colme House
- WRENN ID
- western-footing-sage
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy MP: Melanie Ward (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1979
- Type
- Dovecot
- Address
- Dovecot, St Colme House, KY3 0SS
- OS grid reference
- NT 185 851
- Coordinates
- 56.05197, -3.30889
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The dovecot at St Colme House is an 18th century structure that was renovated in 1979. It features a circular design with a lectern or catslide roof, built into a steep bank that rises to the south. The construction is made of random rubble, with some areas harled. There is a stepped stone rat course or alighting ledge, and the entrance to the south has been rebuilt, with a square flight hole above that has been blocked. The roof is a lean-to style covered with red concrete tiles, and it has curved, crowstepped gables on the west and east sides, along with the remains of a beaked skewput on the west. Inside, the dovecot has a stone floor and stone nest boxes lining all the walls.
Local climate
Dovecot, St Colme House 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 lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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