Former Saw Mill, Humbie House is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 June 1990.
Former Saw Mill, Humbie House
- WRENN ID
- stony-cobble-hazel
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1990
- OS grid reference
- NT 470 640
- Coordinates
- 55.86647, -2.84777
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a late 18th century sawmill with an attached timber store, situated on a sloping ground falling to the north. It has a rectangular plan and is constructed of rubble sandstone with harl pointing, ashlar dressings, and a metal plate. The lade (man-made channel carrying water) is now small, and the water wheel has been removed.
The west elevation features six bays. There are three doors to the left, and a door flanked by windows at ground level to the right, with two further windows above. The east elevation originally had a water wheel positioned in the center and features a large opening to the left and a buttressed wall to the right. The south elevation has low doors to the sawmill at ground level, and wide, tall doors to the timber store above. The north elevation has sliding doors and a ventilation slit at the apex. The windows have a variety of glazing patterns including small-pane glazing. The roof is covered in pantiles with a slate easing course, and a red brick stack is located at the northeast corner. Droved ashlar coping defines the skew joints.
The former sawmill is currently used as an outbuilding and garden toolshed. Humbie House, located to the south, is a separate listed building.
Local climate
Former Saw Mill, Humbie House receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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