Dovecot, Houstoun House is a Grade C listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 June 1980. Doocot.
Dovecot, Houstoun House
- WRENN ID
- upper-postern-brook
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lothian
- Constituency
- Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1980
- Type
- Doocot
- OS grid reference
- NT 053 713
- Coordinates
- 55.92585, -3.51686
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Houstoun House is a small, oblong structure dating from the 17th century. It is built of rubble, with some parts harled, and sits on a plinth made of boulders. The building is currently roofless and features a landing ledge inside. There are two chambers within, containing a total of 225 and 193 nest-holes.
Local climate
Dovecot, Houstoun House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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