Dovecot, Kenlygreen is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 October 1973. Doocot.
Dovecot, Kenlygreen
- WRENN ID
- empty-flue-umber
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1973
- Type
- Doocot
- OS grid reference
- NO 566 138
- Coordinates
- 56.31477, -2.70222
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Kenlygreen is a structure from the 17th century, possibly built using materials from the nearby ruins of the Palace of Inchmartrick. It has a rectangular shape measuring 24 and a half feet by 17 feet. The roof features a double pitch, with pantiles on the south side and slates on the north side, along with a louvre entrance for pigeons. The building includes a rat course and ball finials at the tops of the gables.
Local climate
Dovecot, Kenlygreen receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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