Dovecot, Earlshall is a Grade A listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 October 1973.

Dovecot, Earlshall

WRENN ID
crumbling-step-plover
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 October 1973
OS grid reference
NO 464 210
Coordinates
56.37825, -2.86853
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Earlshall Dovecot is a rectangular dovecot dated 1599, marked by the letter 'AB' within that year. The building measures 16 feet 5 inches by 22 feet 4 inches, and features a double-pitched roof with straight skews and a 'rat course'. It is constructed of rubble and covered with slate.

Local climate

Dovecot, Earlshall receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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