6 Main Street Cottages, Leysmill is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 January 1980. Cottage.

6 Main Street Cottages, Leysmill

WRENN ID
waiting-gargoyle-vale
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 January 1980
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
NO 604 476
Coordinates
56.61895, -2.64624
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a row of six single-storey cottages for quarry workers, built in the early 19th century. The cottages are constructed from ashlar stone and have slate roofs, with a stepped design that follows the slope of the land.

Local climate

6 Main Street Cottages, Leysmill 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 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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