Dovecot, Glebe House (Urquhart Manse) is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 August 1981. Dovecote.
Dovecot, Glebe House (Urquhart Manse)
- WRENN ID
- frozen-spire-larch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Moray
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1981
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- NJ 283 626
- Coordinates
- 57.64763, -3.20286
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The dovecot at Glebe House, also known as Urquhart Manse, dates from the early 19th century. It is a small square structure with a pyramidal roof, situated at the corner of the Manse's walled garden. The dovecot is constructed from clay and dab, with a harled finish. Inside, there are 32 nesting boxes in the upper half of the cote, as the intermediate ceiling has been demolished. The nesting boxes are made from a clay mix with wooden or stone slab horizontals. There are pairs of flight holes on the south and west elevations. The roof is covered with Banffshire slate and features a modern weathervane.
Local climate
Dovecot, Glebe House (Urquhart Manse) 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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