Windmill, Stoneykirk is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. Windmill.
Windmill, Stoneykirk
- WRENN ID
- solemn-latch-mint
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1972
- Type
- Windmill
- OS grid reference
- NX 094 521
- Coordinates
- 54.82819, -4.96787
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This late 18th century windmill features the remains of a tapering tower with a circular plan. Constructed from rubble, it stands 12 feet tall with an internal diameter of 8 feet and walls that are 2 feet thick. There is a single entrance measuring 5 feet by 3 feet located on the southwest side. The wooden upper part of the windmill, which included sails, is no longer present. Inside, there is no remaining machinery.
Local climate
Windmill, Stoneykirk 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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