Dovecot, Learmonth Gardens, Linlithgow is a Grade A listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. Dovecot.

Dovecot, Learmonth Gardens, Linlithgow

WRENN ID
woven-storey-fern
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1971
Type
Dovecot
OS grid reference
NT 003 770
Coordinates
55.97568, -3.59846
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This 16th-century dovecot, located in Learmonth Gardens, Linlithgow, is a four-stage, circular-plan structure known as a 'bee-hive' dovecot. It is built of sandstone rubble and features a rat course at each stage. The dovecot has a pointed-arch doorway on the north side and a narrow rectangular flith-hole opening in the third stage facing south. The roof is flat and topped with a modern ashlar lantern. The interior was not seen during the last inspection in 1990.

Local climate

Dovecot, Learmonth Gardens, Linlithgow sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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