Dovecot, Marchmont Avenue, Marchmont House is a Grade A listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Marchmont Avenue, Marchmont House
- WRENN ID
- patient-banister-dock
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1971
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NT 760 498
- Coordinates
- 55.74178, -2.38382
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The dovecot at Marchmont Avenue, built in 1749 by mason James Williamson, is a circular-plan, single-chambered tower that marks the end of Marchmont Avenue. It is constructed from squared, tooled, and coursed sandstone rubble, with sandstone ashlar dressings. The structure features a stepped base, corniced eaves, and a sandstone blocking course. There is a shouldered doorway on the southwest front, although the door is missing, and above it is a lugged rectangular frame with a missing panel. On the southeast side, there are two rows of flight holes accompanied by tiered sandstone ledges and moulded sandstone brackets. The dovecot is topped with a domed grey slate roof, which has a tapering cupola that includes flight holes at its base.
Inside, the dovecot contains 532 timber nesting boxes arranged along the walls in 19 tiers of 28 boxes each, with the lowest tier positioned 5 feet above the ground. The interior also features an open timber roof and retains a potence post.
Local climate
Dovecot, Marchmont Avenue, Marchmont House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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