Mill Cottage And Byre, Mill Of Tore is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 April 1986.
Mill Cottage And Byre, Mill Of Tore
- WRENN ID
- tangled-lead-martin
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- OS grid reference
- NH 450 296
- Coordinates
- 57.3312, -4.57478
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Corn Mill and Kiln at Mill of Tore is a small rectangular mill dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century, likely incorporating earlier materials and built on an earlier site. The structure is constructed from harl pointed rubble with roughly tooled dressings. The rear of the building is positioned against a slope, providing access to the loft.
A breast shot wheel is located at the southwest gable and is fed by a lade chute. Extending from the northeast gable is a square kiln, which has a corrugated iron roof, while the kiln itself is slated. Some machinery from the mill still remains.
Adjacent to the mill is Mill Cottage, a single-storey, three-bay cottage built in the mid-19th century, which includes a three-bay byre range extending from the west gable. The cottage is finished in white-washed rubble, with a central door to the dwelling that is sheltered by a gabled porch. It features four-pane glazing and end stacks, with a slate roof on the dwelling and a corrugated iron roof on the byre.
Local climate
Mill Cottage And Byre, Mill Of Tore sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 67 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 50 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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