Watermill, West Milldens is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Corn mill.
Watermill, West Milldens
- WRENN ID
- sombre-cornice-grove
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Corn mill
- OS grid reference
- NO 545 505
- Coordinates
- 56.64486, -2.74306
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a three-storey, L-shaped watermill located at West Milldens. It is constructed from rubble and slate, featuring an external wheel-house. The stonework includes an inset stone dated 1685, a corner stone that was rebuilt in 1756, and an apex stone that was rebuilt in 1858. Additionally, a threshing mill was added in the second half of the 19th century. The mill's workings are complete and still in use.
Local climate
Watermill, West Milldens sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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