Doocot, Pyeston is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 November 1972. Dovecot. 1 related planning application.
Doocot, Pyeston
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-cobble-mallow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Glenrothes and Mid Fife MP: Richard Baker (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1972
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NO 316 043
- Coordinates
- 56.2269, -3.10466
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Doocot at Pyeston is an 18th-century double chamber, rectangular plan lectern dovecot. It is constructed of random rubble, with evidence of harling on the sides, and features droved and plain quoins. There is a stepped rat course or alighting ledge. The dovecot has two small doorways on the south side and is lined with stone nesting boxes.
Local climate
Doocot, Pyeston receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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