Dovecot, Newbigging is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 September 1979. 1 related planning application.

Dovecot, Newbigging

WRENN ID
pale-gargoyle-clover
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy MP: Melanie Ward (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 September 1979
OS grid reference
NT 213 861
Coordinates
56.0616, -3.26434
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a late 17th-century dovecot of a lean-to, single-chamber, lectern design. The dovecot has a rectangular plan and is constructed from random rubble with ashlar quoins. It features crowsteps, a stepped rat-course acting as an alighting ledge, and a moulded cornice. A central door is located on the south side. The interior is lined with stone nesting boxes, and despite the loss of the roof, the interior remains in good condition. The dovecot is referenced in the Historic Environment Scotland RCAHMS inventory from 1933.

Local climate

Dovecot, Newbigging 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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