Dovecot, Holland Farm, Papa Westray is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 December 1971. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Holland Farm, Papa Westray

WRENN ID
buried-steel-hemlock
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 December 1971
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
HY 487 514
Coordinates
59.34651, -2.90284
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building is a dovecot located at Holland Farm on Papa Westray, likely dating from the early to mid-18th century. It has a rectangular plan and was originally designed with crowstepped gables, although the top courses of the walls are now partially missing. The exterior is finished with harled coursed rubble. There is a rat ledge below the eaves on the lower height south elevation, which continues at a slightly higher level on the other elevations. The east side features two square flight holes above the ledge, and the entrance is also located on the east side. Inside, there are nesting ledges and remnants of brick divisions that would have been used for nesting boxes. The roof of the dovecot is currently missing.

Local climate

Dovecot, Holland Farm, Papa Westray sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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