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

Windmill Dovecot, Gordonstoun House

WRENN ID
night-pilaster-hazel
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 188 694
Coordinates
57.70718, -3.36415
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Windmill Dovecot at Gordonstoun House is an 18th-century tall circular windmill that has been converted into a dovecot. The exterior is harled, and the upper portion is narrow, designed in two stages with rat courses leading to the central apex flight hole. It stands on a mound and has a blocked entrance on the east side, along with two small mural flight holes. Inside, the dovecot is lined with stone nesting boxes, and a potence, which is a revolving ladder, is still present.

Local climate

Windmill Dovecot, 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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