Dovecot, Pitdinnie is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 June 1972. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Pitdinnie

WRENN ID
vast-bronze-tarn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 June 1972
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NT 046 869
Coordinates
56.06579, -3.53267
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Dovecot at Pitdinnie is a square structure with a lean-to design, built from rubble and slate. It features crowstepped flanks and has a lintel that is dated 1799. The dovecot includes potance and wood nestings added in 1870, as well as a string-course. The roof is partly fallen in.

Local climate

Dovecot, Pitdinnie 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 lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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