Millhouse, Newbank Mill is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971.
Millhouse, Newbank Mill
- WRENN ID
- north-footing-laurel
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1971
- OS grid reference
- NX 805 694
- Coordinates
- 55.00513, -3.86882
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Weaver's Cottages at Newbank Mill is a woollen mill complex built around 1804. The site includes a mill house to the north, two main detached ranges of mill buildings arranged around a courtyard, and a further range of weavers' cottages to the south.
The mill house is a two-storey, three-bay structure made of rubble with raised margins. It features a modern rendered brick gabled porch added around 1980 at the center. The windows are single light with well-made replaced timber sash and case windows, featuring 12-pane glazing. There is a rear wing that includes a sympathetic modern two-storey rendered brick addition.
To the northeast, the mill buildings consist of an L-plan two-storey spinning mill with a single-storey dye house to the south. Fragments of machinery are still present. The buildings are constructed of rubble with slate roofs, with the dye house roof being reslated around 1980. There are two wheelpits; the one at the northeast angle of the spinning mill is original, although the wheel has been removed. The wheelpit and wheel to the east are mid-20th century additions that were used to drive a generator. The dye house is single-storey, rubble-built, and features wallhead stacks.
Opposite the spinning mill, there is a detached two-storey weaving shed, also built of rubble with a slate roof, which is set into the rising ground. The floor levels have been altered to accommodate a later grain silo.
To the south of the complex, there is a row of single-storey weavers' cottages made of rubble and slate.
Local climate
Millhouse, Newbank Mill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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