Doocot, Moncrieffe House is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Dovecote.

Doocot, Moncrieffe House

WRENN ID
burning-courtyard-jackdaw
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
Dovecote
OS grid reference
NO 133 194
Coordinates
56.35977, -3.40334
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Doocot at Moncrieffe House, built in 1729, is a notable example of a large double chamber crowstepped lectern dovecote. It features low side entrances, a stepped alighting ledge, and the remaining walls are complete with nesting boxes from ground level. The overall dimensions are approximately 9 by 5 meters. The west wall has collapsed and the structure is roofless. The east wall is constructed of pink sandstone boulder rubble with ashlar quoin strips below the alighting ledge, while the upper part consists of squared and snecked rubble with ashlar quoins. The north wall is made of boulder rubble. There is a moulded skewputt on the southeast and a moulded stone plinth on the northeast.

Local climate

Doocot, Moncrieffe House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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