Dumfries Mill, Mill Road, Dumfries is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 July 1961. Mill. 4 related planning applications.
Dumfries Mill, Mill Road, Dumfries
- WRENN ID
- grey-tracery-mist
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1961
- Type
- Mill
- OS grid reference
- NX 970 758
- Coordinates
- 55.06666, -3.61427
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dumfries Mill, located on Mill Road in Dumfries, was designed by Andrew Meikle around 1781. It is a three-storey grain mill with a rectangular plan, featuring a transversely-set addition from the early 19th century that is one storey higher and spans the full width of the main range. The mill is constructed from coursed red rubble with ashlar dressings, and it has late 19th to early 20th century crow-steps on all gables, topped with slated roofs.
The main range has a six-bay long east wall, built in ashlar at the lower level where the water wheel was previously mounted, with openings above that contain small-paned glazing. The west elevation is irregular and has undergone significant alterations, while the north gable is harled and features a door added in 1986 for visitor access.
The addition has been altered as well, presenting a two-bay south elevation and a platform to the west. The lade has also been modified, but it includes a good sluice gate at the caul and a wide stone-built outflow.
Local climate
Dumfries Mill, Mill Road, Dumfries sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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