Dovecot, Round Square, Gordonstoun House is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Round Square, Gordonstoun House

WRENN ID
tangled-gargoyle-crow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 January 1971
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NJ 183 689
Coordinates
57.70307, -3.37196
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The dovecot at Round Square, Gordonstoun House, dates from around 1600 and is designed in the beehive style. It is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings and is situated on a mound. The structure has a large, barrel shape and features the typical four stages, culminating in an apex entrance for the birds. There is a concave underside to the first rat course and a single small flight hole, which is now blocked, located on the south side above the first rat course. A low doorway is positioned to the east.

Inside, the dovecot contains approximately 700 stone nesting boxes arranged in decreasing rows, and the floor is paved. There are marks in the center of the former plinth that would have supported a potence.

Local climate

Dovecot, Round Square, Gordonstoun House receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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