Dovecot, St Mary's College, South Street, St Andrews is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 April 1959. Dovecot.

Dovecot, St Mary's College, South Street, St Andrews

WRENN ID
empty-mortar-hazel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 April 1959
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NO 509 164
Coordinates
56.33769, -2.79433
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Dovecot at St Mary's College in St Andrews is a small, rubble-built structure from the late 18th century. It measures approximately 12 feet 3 inches by 16 feet 3 inches externally. The building features bird entries in the roof and on each side.

Local climate

Dovecot, St Mary's College, South Street, St Andrews receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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