Scotsmill is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 May 1990. Mill, steading. 1 related planning application.

Scotsmill

WRENN ID
odd-rotunda-laurel
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, steading
Address
Scotsmill, AB45 2TD
OS grid reference
NJ 610 654
Coordinates
57.67685, -2.6551
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Scotsmill is a former mill building dating from the late 18th to early 19th century, possibly incorporating earlier materials. It has a roughly L-shaped plan and is two stories high, with a kiln located at the southern arm, which is now used as a pottery. The building is constructed of rubble with tooled rubble dressings. The entrance to the first floor is located in the eastern gable and is accessed by a stone forestair. The western gable features a dummy wheel, and there is a ridge louvre above the kiln. The roof is covered with slate.

Adjacent to the mill is a former steading, which is a single-storey, long, low structure with three bays. It is also made of rubble with tooled rubble dressings and has three doorways in the long eastern elevation, along with an additional entrance in the northern gable. The steading has a pantiled roof with large loft lights and is currently used as a dwelling house.

Local climate

Scotsmill 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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