Mill, Lingmira Farm is a Grade C listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 May 1999. Mill.

Mill, Lingmira Farm

WRENN ID
far-plinth-swift
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 May 1999
Type
Mill
OS grid reference
HY 224 108
Coordinates
58.9774, -3.35033
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Lingmira Farm's former mill, dated somewhat unclear to 1876, is a single-storey building with a rectangular plan. It features a square-headed entrance with a timber lintel located at the northeast gabled end, above which is a date stone. The northwest elevation has a cast-iron undershot wheel, although the paddles are missing, and it is set within an ashlar-lined lade. There is a small window on the southwest elevation, which is otherwise blank and gabled. The mill is constructed from roughly coursed rubble and has a turf-covered roof made of Caithness slabs. A modern timber shed extends from the eastern corner of the building.

Inside, the mill has been gutted and is currently used as a storage barn. The interior displays exposed rafters and battens, and there is a centrally located, timber-lined rectangular area that has been blocked off. This area was once the exit point for the main drive shaft that connected the water wheel to the mill workings.

Local climate

Mill, Lingmira Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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