Mill Of Cantray is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Mill.

Mill Of Cantray

WRENN ID
brooding-chancel-dock
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 January 1971
Type
Mill
OS grid reference
NH 801 480
Coordinates
57.50681, -4.00229
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Mill of Cantray is a building from the late 18th or early 19th century, constructed with harl pointed rubble. It has a rectangular shape, with long sides oriented southwest and northeast. At the southeast end, there is a buttressed kiln featuring a piended roof and a ridge louvred vent. The northwest gable has a low breast wheel, which was formerly served by two wheels in parallel. The building is topped with a slate roof and is surrounded by a dry stone walled enclosure.

Local climate

Mill Of Cantray receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 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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