Dovecot, Ardross Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 November 1980.
Dovecot, Ardross Castle
- WRENN ID
- last-cinder-wagtail
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 November 1980
- OS grid reference
- NO 507 007
- Coordinates
- 56.19682, -2.79508
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an early 18th century dovecote, built as a rectangular lean-to structure. It is constructed of rubble stone with crowstepped gables, and a rat-course stepped at the flanks. A defaced moulded panel is inset off-centre above the door in the south wall. There is a pair of flight holes in the east flank. The roof is slate covered. The dovecote is referenced in the RCAHMS Fife Inventory No 233.
Local climate
Dovecot, Ardross Castle receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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