East Mills, East Mill Road, Brechin is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Mill.

East Mills, East Mill Road, Brechin

WRENN ID
little-cobble-onyx
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Type
Mill
OS grid reference
NO 607 594
Coordinates
56.72529, -2.6429
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

East Mills, located on East Mill Road in Brechin, is a building dating from 1837. It is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings and features a two-storey and attic flat, designed in a three-aisle rectangular plan. The structure includes iron columns and fireproof jack-arch construction. A notable feature is the three-storey staircase tower, which is topped by a clock and bellcote, both of which are dated. The staircase has a hollow newel designed to accommodate the weights of the clock. The roof is slated. While internal stanchions remain, the workings are no longer present.

Local climate

East Mills, East Mill Road, Brechin 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 80% 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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 0.3°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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