Dovecot, Foodie is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1984. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Foodie
- WRENN ID
- floating-quoin-wagtail
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1984
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NO 385 171
- Coordinates
- 56.34289, -2.99648
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a late 17th or 18th century lectern-type dovecot located at Foodie. The structure is harled and features very weathered arms above the doorway on the low south wall, with flight holes situated above. There is a continuous rat course that steps up to the crow-stepped flanks. The dovecot is roofless and contains extensive tiers of nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecot, Foodie receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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