Watermill, Placemill is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. 1 related planning application.
Watermill, Placemill
- WRENN ID
- other-chamber-briar
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Address
- Watermill, Placemill, AB54 6DD
- OS grid reference
- NJ 626 430
- Coordinates
- 57.47618, -2.62484
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The building is a watermill, constructed in 1832. It has an L-shaped layout and a half-storey that follows the slope of the ground. A kiln is situated at the angle of the building, characterised by a tall ventilation shaft. The gables are finished with finials, and the skew ends are moulded. The mill workings have been removed.
Local climate
Watermill, Placemill receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- 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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