Dovecot To North Of School Brae, Letham is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1984. Dovecote.
Dovecot To North Of School Brae, Letham
- WRENN ID
- south-vault-blackthorn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1984
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- NO 305 146
- Coordinates
- 56.31876, -3.12394
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The dovecot located to the north of School Brae in Letham dates from the 17th or 18th century and is designed in a lectern style. It is constructed from rubble with squared dressings. There is a low door on the south wall, and the structure features a rat course that steps up to the crowstepped flanks. Inside, there are tiers of nesting boxes, which are currently in poor condition. The dovecot is roofless.
Local climate
Dovecot To North Of 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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