Dovecot, Melville House is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 June 1978. Dovecote.
Dovecot, Melville House
- WRENN ID
- far-gable-smoke
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1978
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- NO 302 126
- Coordinates
- 56.30118, -3.1284
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Melville House dates back to the 1770s. It features circular walls made of rubble that taper towards the top and has a lean-to slate roof with crowstepped curved sides. Inside, there is a vaulted chamber. The upper opening is made of dressed freestone and includes a chamfered doorway, but it does not have perches or flight holes. It is said to still contain nesting boxes and a potence.
Local climate
Dovecot, Melville House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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