Canbo Dovecot is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 November 1971.

Canbo Dovecot

WRENN ID
waiting-tracery-elm
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 November 1971
OS grid reference
NO 600 112
Coordinates
56.29216, -2.64665
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Canbo Dovecot is a late 18th century, octagonal, rubble-built structure. It features an arched and keyblocked doorway and arched recesses at a higher level. The roof is slated, and the top of the building is defined by a crenellated parapet with finials.

Local climate

Canbo Dovecot receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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