Dovecot, To Rear Of 2-4 Bank Street, Inverkeithing is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 December 1979. Dovecot. 2 related planning applications.

Dovecot, To Rear Of 2-4 Bank Street, Inverkeithing

WRENN ID
night-pavement-cobweb
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy MP: Melanie Ward (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 December 1979
Type
Dovecot
Address
Dovecot, To Rear Of 2-4 Bank Street, Inverkeithing, KY11 1PE
OS grid reference
NT 131 828
Coordinates
56.03039, -3.39603
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This late 17th century dovecot is a single chamber with a rectangular plan. It is currently roofless and in a ruinous state as of 2003. The structure is built from random rubble and features hammer-dressed quoins. There is a projecting alighting ledge on the west side and a narrow door lintel.

Local climate

Dovecot, To Rear Of 2-4 Bank Street, Inverkeithing receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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