Windmill, Belford Road, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 June 1975. Windmill.

Windmill, Belford Road, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
grim-lime-vermeil
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 June 1975
Type
Windmill
OS grid reference
NT 233 737
Coordinates
55.95065, -3.2298
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The building is a windmill located on Belford Road in Edinburgh, likely dating from the early 18th century, with later modifications made to convert it into a residential dwelling. The remains of the former windmill are incorporated into the boundary wall at the rear, which faces north. The structure features coursed and squared random rubble, with a large stilted arched opening at the ground floor that has been in-filled with later timber and glazed doors. To the left, there is another doorway on the west side. Additionally, there is a single rectangular window to the left at the first floor, which has dressed margins.

Local climate

Windmill, Belford Road, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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