Birtwhistle Mills, Gatehouse Of Fleet is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1989. Mill.

Birtwhistle Mills, Gatehouse Of Fleet

WRENN ID
gaunt-string-equinox
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 August 1989
Type
Mill
OS grid reference
NX 599 563
Coordinates
54.88237, -4.18539
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Birtwhistle Mills, built in 1785, was formerly the largest cotton mill in Gatehouse of Fleet. In the 1850s, it was converted for bobbin manufacture and continued production until the 1930s. As of 1991, it is undergoing major restoration work. The mill is a three-storey building with a rectangular plan measuring 120 by 30 feet. It is constructed of rubble with dressed margins and some brick infill. The east and west elevations are regular with 12 bays, featuring single light windows that have squared granite lintels. Joist sockets indicate the original floor levels, and it originally had a simple pitched roof. The water wheel that was once located at the south gable has been removed.

Local climate

Birtwhistle Mills, Gatehouse Of Fleet 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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