Mill Of Durn is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 May 1990. Mill, dwelling house. 1 related planning application.
Mill Of Durn
- WRENN ID
- roaming-steeple-spindle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1990
- Type
- Mill, dwelling house
- Address
- Mill Of Durn, AB45 2YD
- OS grid reference
- NJ 582 637
- Coordinates
- 57.6617, -2.70135
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Mill of Durn is a 19th century mill that includes a single-storey core, which is said to date from 1730 to 1740. The building was raised to two storeys in the early 19th century and was converted into a dwelling house around 1985 by architect Leslie F Hunter. The exterior features harl pointed rubble with tooled rubble dressings. The east front is wide and has a regular three-bay layout, with the central gabled bay, which was formerly a kiln, slightly advanced. This bay is flanked by doorways on either side, which are closed with plank doors. The windows mainly have horizontal glazing, and there is a glazed ridge cupola above the kiln. The roof is gabled and piended, covered with slate and includes loft lights. A large overshot mill wheel is located at the south gable, along with a renewed lade.
Local climate
Mill Of Durn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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