Balbeg Mill, Abriachan is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 April 1986. 1 related planning application.
Balbeg Mill, Abriachan
- WRENN ID
- far-thatch-scarlet
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- Address
- Balbeg Mill, Abriachan, IV3 8LB
- OS grid reference
- NH 563 349
- Coordinates
- 57.38239, -4.39175
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Balbeg Mill is an early 19th century, two-storey mill and kiln built of harl-pointed rubble with tooled rubble dressings. The east front has an irregular three-bay arrangement, with a door near the centre, and a loft entrance above that breaks the wallhead, topped by a small piended gablet. A kiln is situated within the south gable, featuring a first-floor gable window, a wallhead vent, and a timber ridge louvre. The roof is slate. The statutory address of the building is Balbeg Mill, Abriachan.
Local climate
Balbeg Mill, Abriachan sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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