Dovecot, Macduff House, High Street, Auchtermuchty is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972. Dovecot. 1 related planning application.

Dovecot, Macduff House, High Street, Auchtermuchty

WRENN ID
odd-corbel-storm
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 August 1972
Type
Dovecot
Address
Dovecot, Macduff House, High Street, Auchtermuchty, KY14 7AP
OS grid reference
NO 237 116
Coordinates
56.29151, -3.23356
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Dovecot at Macduff House on High Street in Auchtermuchty dates from the 18th century. It is a rectangular lean-to structure with rubble walls and a crowstepped design, topped with an asbestos roof.

Local climate

Dovecot, Macduff House, High Street, Auchtermuchty receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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