Dovecot, Old Sauchie is a Grade B listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 September 1973.

Dovecot, Old Sauchie

WRENN ID
spare-window-elder
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Stirling
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 September 1973
OS grid reference
NS 781 886
Coordinates
56.07469, -3.95981
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Dovecot at Old Sauchie is a roofless, rectangular structure dating from the 17th century.

Local climate

Dovecot, Old Sauchie sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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