Dovecot, Glassmount House is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 June 1973.
Dovecot, Glassmount House
- WRENN ID
- night-loggia-crimson
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy MP: Melanie Ward (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1973
- OS grid reference
- NT 245 885
- Coordinates
- 56.08345, -3.21331
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a small, probably 18th-century dovecot, altered at a later date. It has a rectangular plan and is two stories high, featuring a lectern design. The dovecot is constructed of rubble and has a slated roof. A pedimented stone dormer is centrally positioned on the south side and contains two pigeonholes.
The ground floor of the dovecot has been converted into a potting shed. The first floor contains 220 wooden nesting boxes, accessible via the dormer.
This dovecot is associated with Glassmount House, and the two are linked in the wider landscape, though the house, conservatory, sundial, and steading are listed separately. Further information can be found in Niven Robertson's book, Old Dovecotes, page 199.
Local climate
Dovecot, Glassmount House receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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