Dovecot, Park Of Drumquhassle is a Grade B listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 September 1973. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Park Of Drumquhassle
- WRENN ID
- dim-quartz-grove
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
- Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 September 1973
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NS 483 871
- Coordinates
- 56.05277, -4.43681
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Park of Drumquhassle dates back to 1711 and features a rectangular plan typical of lectern dovecots. It has a grey slate crowstepped lean-to roof, with the upper crowstep extending from the ridge and corniced with ball finials at both ends. The structure is built from coursed sandstone rubble, accented with sandstone ashlar dressings. There is a mid-height stone rat course and an eaves cornice on the principal (south) elevation, which continues as a rat ledge on the other sides. The openings have flush architraves.
On the principal (south) elevation, there is a central entrance with a timber door and a lintel inscribed with the date '1711'. Above this entrance, there is a window with chamfered reveals. Just above the rat course, there is a row of three entrance holes.
The north, west, and east elevations are blank. The grey slate roof features a double entrance hole at the center, covered by a catslide roof.
Inside, the dovecot contains brick nesting boxes and has a restored timber potence with a central revolving pole that turns on a stone pedestal.
Local climate
Dovecot, Park Of Drumquhassle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% 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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