Dovecot, Rumgally House is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 June 1979.
Dovecot, Rumgally House
- WRENN ID
- stranded-vault-saffron
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1979
- OS grid reference
- NO 406 149
- Coordinates
- 56.32305, -2.96083
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an early 18th century dovecot situated at Rumgally House. It is a rectangular, single-chambered lean-to structure built of rubble. The roof is now pantiled, and the flanks are crowstepped. A rat course is visible, with stepped elements leading downwards on either side.
Local climate
Dovecot, Rumgally House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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