Dovecot, Strathleven House is a Grade A listed building in the West Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 May 1971.

Dovecot, Strathleven House

WRENN ID
sombre-jade-fen
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
West Dunbartonshire
Constituency
West Dunbartonshire MP: Douglas McAllister (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 May 1971
OS grid reference
NS 396 781
Coordinates
55.96968, -4.57027
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century dovecot, part of Strathleven House. The building is two storeys high and features a pediment. The walls are plastered and have pink stone dressings. The ground floor is vaulted. The south facade has a pilastered doorway and an alcove niche positioned above the entrance.

Local climate

Dovecot, Strathleven House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,620 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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