Dovecot, Policies, Blairhoyle is a Grade C listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 September 1979. Dovecote.
Dovecot, Policies, Blairhoyle
- WRENN ID
- unlit-joist-river
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Stirling
- Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 6 September 1979
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- NN 613 011
- Coordinates
- 56.18245, -4.23567
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The building is a dovecot located in the policies of Blairhoyle, dating from the late 18th century. It features a square tapered tower topped with a pyramid-shaped slate roof. On the south face, there are three pigeon openings and a ledge set in a rectangular recess, while the other sides have small circular openings.
Local climate
Dovecot, Policies, Blairhoyle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% 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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