Dovecot, Dryburgh Abbey House is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1971.

Dovecot, Dryburgh Abbey House

WRENN ID
far-glass-elm
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 June 1971
OS grid reference
NT 591 314
Coordinates
55.57541, -2.64894
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Dovecot at Dryburgh Abbey House, dated 1828, features the initials D E.

Local climate

Dovecot, Dryburgh Abbey House receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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