Dovecot, Leitcheston is a Grade A listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1972. Dovecot. 2 related planning applications.
Dovecot, Leitcheston
- WRENN ID
- empty-span-juniper
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Moray
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1972
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NJ 399 624
- Coordinates
- 57.64833, -3.00796
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This 17th century lectern dovecot is constructed from heavily pointed rubble, with tooled rubble and tooled ashlar dressings. The south-facing structure features an off-centre low door that has roll-moulded door jambs. There are three rat courses that return around the east and west gables, each gable has three diamond-shaped vents, and there are four small swept dormer flight holes. The crowsteps are made of tooled rubble, and the roof is covered with local slate.
Inside, the dovecot is divided into four small inter-communicating compartments that contain a total of 660 stone nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecot, Leitcheston sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 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 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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