Dovecot, Craigluscar is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 December 1979. Doocot.

Dovecot, Craigluscar

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 December 1979
Type
Doocot
OS grid reference
NT 065 908
Coordinates
56.1008, -3.50395
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Dovecot at Craigluscar is a square-plan structure built in the later 18th century. It features exposed rubble walls with squared quoins and a plain, squared cornice.

On the north elevation, there is a central doorway. A rubble wall extends to the north from the doocot and south from an opposite barn, although the connecting gate is missing. The wall has square coping stones placed intermittently on top to create a crenellated effect.

The east elevation presents a plain gable, while the south elevation has two flight holes for the doocot located to the left. The west elevation includes projecting stones that form a triangular section, with rows of flight holes present.

The roof is missing and is partially covered with corrugated sheet material. Inside, there is a flagstone floor that remains in part, and the nesting boxes have been bricked up.

Local climate

Dovecot, Craigluscar receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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