Dovecot, Auchernach House is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Dovecot. 1 related planning application.
Dovecot, Auchernach House
- WRENN ID
- plain-moulding-ridge
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NJ 331 161
- Coordinates
- 57.23075, -3.10936
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Auchernach House dates from around 1810 and is an unusual circular structure featuring a conical roof topped with a finial. It has low, symmetrical rectangular wings with pavilion roofs, located to the northeast of the walled garden at Auchernach. The dovecot has been converted into a silo and is now in a ruinous state. It is constructed of snecked rubble, with contrasting squared rubble used for the long and short margins and quoins. There is an ashlar band course and a slate alighting ledge made of early grey slates.
The entrance is located on the south side and features a later concrete shaft that projects over the doorway. The western wing, which served as a henhouse, has a largely intact roof and includes a central door along with a small entrance for hens near the ground on the right side. The interior of this wing contains nesting recesses. The eastern wing is in a ruinous condition.
Local climate
Dovecot, Auchernach House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 90 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 67 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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