Skellywell Mill is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 April 1993. Mill.
Skellywell Mill
- WRENN ID
- turning-pavement-rook
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1993
- Type
- Mill
- OS grid reference
- NT 074 031
- Coordinates
- 55.31394, -3.46004
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Skellywell Mill is an early to mid-19th century mill designed in an L-plan. It is constructed from whinstone rubble with red sandstone dressings around the doors and windows. The roof is made of graded slate and is hipped at the west end, featuring a sandstone ridge. The openings have been altered since the conversion into a house, and now have single-pane glazing in timber frames.
The mill features an 8-spoke water wheel made entirely of iron, which has a rim drive and was restored during the conversion. Inside, the main drive shaft and drive wheel are still present.
Local climate
Skellywell Mill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 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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