The Daldowie Doocot, Hamilton Road, Mount Vernon, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971. Dovecot. 1 related planning application.

The Daldowie Doocot, Hamilton Road, Mount Vernon, Glasgow

WRENN ID
shadowed-terrace-harvest
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1971
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NS 667 628
Coordinates
55.84085, -4.12903
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Daldowie Doocot is a cylindrical dovecot built in the mid 18th century. It is constructed from rubble and ashlar and features a slated bell-cast roof. The structure includes a margined doorway with a key-stoned flat lintel, oculi, and flight-holes located below the eaves, all above a continuous string course.

Local climate

The Daldowie Doocot, Hamilton Road, Mount Vernon, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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