Mill Cottage, Torthorwald is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Mill Cottage, Torthorwald

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
NY 033 783
Coordinates
55.09017, -3.51646
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Mill Cottage in Torthorwald is a single-storey, three-bay cottage built in the late 18th or early 19th century. It is constructed against a steep slope at the roadside and features a rubble-built structure with ashlar margins, all of which is whitewashed. The cottage has a central door on the south elevation and sash windows with a 12-pane glazing pattern. It has straight skews, corniced end stacks, and is roofed with graded slates. There have been some alterations to the north elevation, including a door at the basement level.

Local climate

Mill Cottage, Torthorwald sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 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, 26 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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