Barlay Mill is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Mill.

Barlay Mill

WRENN ID
stark-bailey-aspen
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 November 1971
Type
Mill
OS grid reference
NX 601 573
Coordinates
54.89124, -4.18211
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Barlay Mill is a late 18th century corn mill with 19th century additions and alterations. It consists of a small group of three gabled buildings arranged in a rectangular plan, situated on sloping ground along the roadside with a conduit to the north. The buildings are constructed from rubble whinstone with granite dressings and are whitewashed, featuring ashlar coping.

The northernmost and tallest block is a two-storey threshing barn, which has a former wheel indicated by ashlar masonry on the north gable. The west elevation has a sliding machinery door flanked by windows, and there is a door to the upper floor, possibly a grain store, on the east elevation, accessed from the bank.

The central section is a single storey with a loft, featuring a door to the far left and a machinery door to the right on the west elevation. There is also a later brick gabled loft door on the east elevation.

Adjoined to the south is a single storey cottage, which was in poor condition in 1991. This cottage has a door to the left and a window to the right on the west elevation, along with another door on the south return, while the rear is blank.

The roofs are covered with grey graded slates, and there are skylights in the central block and cottage. The buildings also feature ashlar ridge tiles and ventilators, along with a small, coped single stack on the cottage. The interior was not seen in 1991.

Local climate

Barlay Mill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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