Windmill, Hilton Farm is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971.
Windmill, Hilton Farm
- WRENN ID
- iron-stair-storm
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- OS grid reference
- NJ 941 340
- Coordinates
- 57.39681, -2.09864
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The windmill at Hilton Farm dates to either 1787 or 1825. It is constructed with an octagonal lower section, 30 feet high and 6 feet wide, tapering to 5 feet 3 inches. The lower section is built of rubble with margins and slate slab roofing. Granite corbel spurs project at the angles, supporting a walkway. The upper 20 feet of the windmill are circular, also built of tapered rubble. An original spiral staircase gave access to what were originally four floors. The sails were lost in 1879, and the remaining machinery was removed in 1956. Further details can be found in Donnachie & Stewart's publication in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1964-6, page 292.
Local climate
Windmill, Hilton Farm receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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