Dovecot, School Brae, Letham is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1984. Dovecot. 1 related planning application.

Dovecot, School Brae, Letham

WRENN ID
graven-wall-umber
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 March 1984
Type
Dovecot
Address
Dovecot, School Brae, Letham, KY15 7RN
OS grid reference
NO 306 145
Coordinates
56.31834, -3.12247
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a 17th century lectern-type dovecot, likely raised in the 19th century. It is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings. The dovecot features a central door on the south elevation, a roll-moulded eaves cornice, and a swept-roofed flight hole. There is a rat course that steps down on the flanks and the north elevation. The building has crowsteps with cavetto skewputts and a pantile roof.

Local climate

Dovecot, School Brae, Letham receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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