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

Doocot, Rossie House

WRENN ID
tall-ashlar-elder
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 082 183
Coordinates
56.34832, -3.4862
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The doocot at Rossie House dates from around 1800 and features a Gothic design. It has concave sides and a battlement resting on a simple corbel table, built on a small artificial mound. The exterior is stuccoed and includes a Gothic doorway with a quatrefoil above it. Inside, there are brick nesting boxes.

Local climate

Doocot, Rossie House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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