Doocot, Wemyss Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 December 1972. Dovecot.

Doocot, Wemyss Castle

WRENN ID
unlit-lintel-cobweb
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Glenrothes and Mid Fife MP: Richard Baker (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 December 1972
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NT 328 950
Coordinates
56.14336, -3.08212
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Doocot at Wemyss Castle is a 17th century wind pump that was converted into a dovecot in the 19th century. It features a circular shape with a raked and battlemented tower, constructed from rubble. The structure has a corbelled parapet and pointed windows. Inside, there is a potence and a total of 365 nest holes for doves.

Local climate

Doocot, Wemyss Castle receives an average of 910 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 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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