Dovecot, Rosebery House, 9 King Street, Inverkeithing is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 December 1979. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Rosebery House, 9 King Street, Inverkeithing

WRENN ID
distant-floor-crimson
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy MP: Melanie Ward (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 December 1979
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NT 132 828
Coordinates
56.03068, -3.39431
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The dovecot at Rosebery House, located at 9 King Street in Inverkeithing, dates from the late 17th century. It is a single chamber with a rectangular plan and is currently roofless. The structure is built of random rubble with hammer-dressed quoins. It features a projecting alighting ledge on the east side and along half the length of the flanks. A roll-moulded band course runs along the west side. There is a narrow door lintel, and above the door, there are circular flight holes that are dressed with square ashlar.

Local climate

Dovecot, Rosebery House, 9 King Street, Inverkeithing receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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