Hmp Castle Huntly, Dovecot is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Doocot.
Hmp Castle Huntly, Dovecot
- WRENN ID
- over-pillar-bistre
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Doocot
- OS grid reference
- NO 300 293
- Coordinates
- 56.45132, -3.13562
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
HMP Castle Huntly Dovecot is a square plan pavilion type dovecote dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed from rubble masonry and is located a short distance to the northeast of the castle. The dovecot features a pointed arch entrance and a rat course between partially surviving corbelled angle turrets that incorporate flight holes. Currently, it is roofless. Inside, there are stone nesting boxes, which were observed in 2014.
Local climate
Hmp Castle Huntly, Dovecot receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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