Sabiston Mill, Dounby is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 December 1971. Meal mill. 2 related planning applications.
Sabiston Mill, Dounby
- WRENN ID
- sharp-shingle-dale
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1971
- Type
- Meal mill
- Address
- Sabiston Mill, Dounby, KW15 2HS
- OS grid reference
- HY 284 217
- Coordinates
- 59.07708, -3.25019
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Sabiston Mill in Dounby is a 19th-century building that stands two storeys tall, featuring a higher kiln. The structure is constructed from flagstone and has a modern asbestos roof. It includes an undershot wheel with a lade.
Local climate
Sabiston Mill, Dounby sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 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 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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