Mill Of Foveran is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. 1 related planning application.

Mill Of Foveran

WRENN ID
nether-cupola-elder
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Address
Mill Of Foveran, AB41 6AF
OS grid reference
NJ 975 239
Coordinates
57.30639, -2.04231
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Mill of Foveran is a former girnal, likely dating to 1609, although this is at an angle to the compass. It is a single-storey building with a basement and attic, constructed of rubble with sandstone dressings around the openings. Some of the sandstone dressings have been replaced with cement, and the original bars to the openings have been removed. The roof has straight skews topped with St. Andrew crosses carved in sunk relief.

The mill was remodelled in the mid-19th century, with a consoled cornice inserted at attic floor level. The eastern front was made symmetrical with four windows, a central door, and two dormers above, and steps were added. A datestone dated 1720 is now detached from the building. The mill has been raised in height and is now gutted of its internal workings.

A reconstruction in the early 19th century was probably undertaken by James Massie.

Local climate

Mill Of Foveran receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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