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

Dovecot, Balcarres House

WRENN ID
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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 472 041
Coordinates
56.22668, -2.853
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a dovecot, likely dating from the early 19th century, situated at Balcarres House. It is a square structure built of whin rubble with freestone dressings. The roof is pyramidal and slate-covered, with wooden boxes supported by brick arches within the building. The dovecot is significantly overgrown.

Local climate

Dovecot, Balcarres 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 greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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