Philpstoun Dovecot is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971.
Philpstoun Dovecot
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-rotunda-falcon
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lothian
- Constituency
- Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1971
- OS grid reference
- NT 065 779
- Coordinates
- 55.98517, -3.49971
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dated 1725, the Philpstoun Dovecot is an oblong, harled building with a lean-to, slated roof and crowstepped gables. The date '1725' is carved above the east entrance, and the initials 'I.D./E.D.' appear above the west entrance. The dovecot was built for John Dundas, Advocate, who married Euphaim Dundas, heiress of Philipstoun. The interior contains two chambers with nest holes.
Local climate
Philpstoun Dovecot receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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