Lower Mill, High Mills, Hartfield Road, Tain is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971.
Lower Mill, High Mills, Hartfield Road, Tain
- WRENN ID
- late-lantern-jay
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1971
- OS grid reference
- NH 775 797
- Coordinates
- 57.79052, -4.0607
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Higher Mill is a pair of mills from the early 19th century located on a sloping site, sharing the same mill lade. Both mills are constructed from rubble and have harl pointing with stugged dressings. Each mill features iron mill wheels without buckets on the west gable.
The top mill is two storeys high with three bays and includes a wooden lean-to. The lower mill also has two storeys and an attic, with five bays, an additional door on the ground floor, and a hoist loft entrance at the apex of the west gable. Both mills are topped with slate roofs.
Adjacent to the mills is Mill Cottage, a small single-storey cottage from the early 19th century. It has three bays with a central door and flanking windows—one with an 8-pane casement and the other with a 12-pane sash. The cottage features end stacks and a corrugated iron roof.
Local climate
Lower Mill, High Mills, Hartfield Road, Tain receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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