Dovecot, Lethen House is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Dovecote.

Dovecot, Lethen House

WRENN ID
secret-quartz-storm
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 January 1971
Type
Dovecote
OS grid reference
NH 935 517
Coordinates
57.5431, -3.78054
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This mid 18th century dovecot at Lethen House is constructed with harl pointed masonry. It features a centrally located south-facing door, a single rat course, and a single gabled dormer that includes flight holes. The structure has crowsteps and cavetto skewputts, topped with a local slate roof. Inside, the dovecot is lined with nearly 500 stone nesting boxes, starting 2 feet above the floor level.

Local climate

Dovecot, Lethen House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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