Allanton Mill is a Grade C listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 2001. Mill. 3 related planning applications.

Allanton Mill

WRENN ID
odd-forge-jet
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Lanarkshire
Constituency
Airdrie and Shotts MP: Kenneth Stevenson (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 March 2001
Type
Mill
Address
Allanton Mill, ML7 5BX
OS grid reference
NS 853 584
Coordinates
55.80585, -3.82997
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Allanton Mill is a later 19th-century mill that was refitted and extended in 1921, which is marked by a date stone. It is a three-storey, single bay, rectangular-plan building, accompanied by a two-storey, square-plan kiln with a pyramidal roof on the right side, and single-storey lean-to wings, one of which is modern. The exterior is constructed from squared and droved sandstone coursers, featuring sliding doors for large openings.

On the west elevation, the gabled mill is centrally located, with a large door at the ground level and a loft door at the centre of the first floor. The date stone from 1921 is positioned between the first and second floors, with a window at the centre of the second storey and a winch bracket at the apex. The kiln to the right has a large door at ground level and a hatch at the centre of the upper storey, topped with a pyramidal roof that includes a steel-capped vent at the apex. There is a lean-to bay on the outer left with a large door, and another lean-to bay on the outer right with a door to the left and a window to the right.

The east elevation features a piended roof on the mill at the centre and a single window at the centre of the first floor. The north elevation shows a three-bay mill with regular fenestration on the first floor, and a lean-to addition at ground level. The south elevation also has three bays, with a single barred window to the right of the first floor of the mill, and the kiln abutting to the left, along with a lean-to addition at ground level.

The windows are timber small-pane sash and case types, and the mill and kiln are covered with grey slates and lead flashing, while the lean-to wings have corrugated iron roofing. The rainwater goods are made of cast iron.

Inside, the mill is partially gutted, but some timber chutes, hatches, and hoppers can be seen on the ground floor ceiling.

Local climate

Allanton Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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