Dovecot, Edgerston House is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1971. Farm.
Dovecot, Edgerston House
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-pedestal-fog
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1971
- Type
- Farm
- OS grid reference
- NT 687 113
- Coordinates
- 55.39535, -2.49485
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Edgerston House is an earlier 18th century structure with a roof replaced in the 19th century. It has an octagonal shape and is built from rubble with broadly droved ashlar quoins. The building features two stages and is situated on sloping ground. There is a door on the southeast side leading to the first stage, with an oculus above it, and another door on the northwest side leading to the second stage. The roof is slate, with projecting eaves and a small lead finial.
Inside, the interior is plain, with wooden floors in the second stage and attic.
Local climate
Dovecot, Edgerston House receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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