Dovecot, Quarrywood is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Quarrywood
- WRENN ID
- patient-pediment-gorse
- 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 181 641
- Coordinates
- 57.65989, -3.37416
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Quarrywood dates from around 1600 and is almost square, measuring 17 feet by 16 feet 3 inches (5.18 by 4.95 meters). It is constructed of harled rubble with ashlar margins and dressings. The west gable features a blocked entrance to the dovecot with chamfered margins, and there is a single air vent in each gable. A deep rat course runs along the wallhead, continuing across the gables.
The building has crowsteps and a heavy stone slab roof, which is supported by the gable walls and two masonry vaulted arches. A central ridge cupola is also made from stone slabs. There is a later dormer entrance added around 1905, and two metal bands have been installed to strengthen the walls.
Inside, no nesting boxes remain, and the interior is lined with mortar, which serves as a water cistern.
Local climate
Dovecot, Quarrywood 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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