Wamphray Mill is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Mill, house.

Wamphray Mill

WRENN ID
muted-nave-yarrow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
Type
Mill, house
OS grid reference
NY 129 965
Coordinates
55.25525, -3.37043
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Wamphray Mill is a corn mill built around 1764, accompanied by a contemporary mill house. The mill and house are set at right angles to each other and both were raised in height during the 19th century, featuring ashlar quoins. They have been converted for domestic use, which includes the addition of rooflights and doors, and are connected by a timber corridor designed by architect Peter Barefoot of Ipswich. The mill wheel remains, though it is in poor condition as of 1987, and the lade has been removed. The structure is built of rubble with ashlar dressings, and modern openings have been made in concrete; the exterior is all whitewashed with slate roofs.

The mill has a rectangular plan and features a breast-shot timber and cast-iron wheel on the northern gable. There are square outshots on each side, and the main roof sweeps over them. The southern gable has openings at three levels, along with a loading platform facing the road.

The house is a single storey with an attic and has a southern elevation with three bays. It features an off-centre door, gabled wallhead dormers in the outer bays, and ground floor openings with chamfered margins. The house sits on a boulder base on sloping ground to the left. There is a full-width modern flat-roofed addition to the north, which includes an unattractive stack, and a rebuilt small end stack.

Local climate

Wamphray Mill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% 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 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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