Dovecot, Thornton is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1998. Dovecot. 2 related planning applications.
Dovecot, Thornton
- WRENN ID
- frozen-baluster-rowan
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Constituency
- Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 June 1998
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NT 294 615
- Coordinates
- 55.84217, -3.12838
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot in Thornton is a late 18th century single chamber lectern dovecot situated above a ground floor room. It is constructed from tooled coursed pink sandstone with droved dressings, featuring relieving arches, long and short quoins, and coped gables. The structure is currently roofless, as of 1998.
On the northwest elevation, there is a broad central doorway leading to the ground floor. The southwest elevation has an opening in the center of the ground floor, with a large opening above that is fitted with a boarded timber door. The southeast elevation displays 18 flight holes above a flight ledge beneath the roof, along with the base of a sundial to the left skewputt. The northeast elevation features a window at the center of the ground floor.
Inside, there are brick nesting boxes on the northwest wall above the doorway, remnants of brick nesting boxes on the southeast wall, and evidence of joist holes above the ground floor room.
Local climate
Dovecot, Thornton sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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