Dovecot, Lochmalony House is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 October 1973.
Dovecot, Lochmalony House
- WRENN ID
- fading-mortar-grain
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1973
- OS grid reference
- NO 365 199
- Coordinates
- 56.36802, -3.02889
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a 17th-century dovecote, originally associated with Lochmalony House. It is a single-chamber, lean-to structure measuring approximately 15 feet by 15 feet 2.5 inches. The dovecote is built of rubble with a stepped "rat course" and corbelled flanks; it was formerly harled. It is now roofless, having formerly had slated roofing. A separate dovecote, noted as Starr Doocot (Inventory number 323), was unfortunately demolished by the Home Guard. The dovecote is referenced in Central and North Fife, page 17, Inventory number 322.
Local climate
Dovecot, Lochmalony House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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