Old Dovecot, Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971. Dovecot.

Old Dovecot, Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline

WRENN ID
pitched-barrel-bramble
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1971
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NT 087 875
Coordinates
56.07159, -3.46764
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Dovecot in Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline, is a circular-plan tower dovecot dating from the late 18th to early 19th century, featuring Gothick detailing. It is constructed from coursed stugged sandstone rubble with droved ashlar dressings. The structure has an eaves band with brackets that support a projecting crenellated parapet. The entrance, located on the south side, has a pointed arch and a replacement boarded timber door. Above the entrance is a cross-shaped arrowslit, flanked by recessed quatrefoil panels. The dovecot is topped with a conical grey slate roof, which features an octagonal louvred timber vent with a metal cap at the apex. The interior has not been inspected since 1998.

Local climate

Old Dovecot, Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline 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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