Dovecote Cottage, Inverernan Estate is a Grade C listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 November 2003. Dovecot, kennel, dwelling. 4 related planning applications.
Dovecote Cottage, Inverernan Estate
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-moat-dew
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 November 2003
- Type
- Dovecot, kennel, dwelling
- Address
- Dovecote Cottage, Inverernan Estate, AB36 8YA
- OS grid reference
- NJ 328 109
- Coordinates
- 57.18476, -3.11257
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dovecote Cottage, located on the Inverernan Estate, dates from the earlier to mid 19th century and was altered in 2004. This unusual single-storey, six-bay rectangular building was originally a dovecot and kennel range before being converted into a dwelling. It is situated to the northwest of Inverernan House, near Inverernan Cottages.
The cottage features a shaped Tudor gable with a bracketed alighting ledge, which is topped by a round-headed pigeon loft entrance that includes a two-tiered flight hole and a fleur de lis gablehead finial. The exterior is constructed of coursed granite with granite ashlar dressings.
The symmetrical entrance elevation faces south, showcasing boarded timber doors to the left of the slightly advanced shaped gable and to the outer right bay. The remaining bays have windows that were altered from their original doors. The windows are timber sash and case with a four-pane glazing pattern. The roof is covered with grey slates and has a stone ridge, along with small air vents. The central gable has gablet-coped skews, while the outer gables feature flat-coped skews and block skewputts.
Local climate
Dovecote Cottage, Inverernan Estate 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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