Dovecot, Kilconquhar House is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1972.

Dovecot, Kilconquhar House

WRENN ID
white-loft-sedge
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 February 1972
OS grid reference
NO 491 028
Coordinates
56.21584, -2.82077
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a late 17th century dovecote, situated at Kilconquhar House. The rectangular structure measures 14-1/4 feet by 23-1/2 feet and is built as a lean-to. It is constructed of quoined rubble and features crowstepped flanks with a stepped string course. Dormer entrances are present. The statutory address is Kilconquhar House Dovecot.

Local climate

Dovecot, Kilconquhar House 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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