The Miller's House, 13 John Street, Stromness is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 December 1971. House.
The Miller's House, 13 John Street, Stromness
- WRENN ID
- iron-lantern-woodpecker
- 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
- House
- OS grid reference
- HY 254 092
- Coordinates
- 58.96409, -3.29782
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Miller's House, located at 13 John Street in Stromness, dates back to 1716 and has undergone later alterations. This two-storey, four-bay house features an asymmetrical rectangular plan and is situated on rising ground at the end of Miller's Close. The exterior is cement-rendered and has a lined appearance with inscribed sandstone ashlar, including a repaired pediment above a roll-moulded architrave.
On the east (principal) elevation, there is a modern part-glazed boarded door at ground level in the outer right bay. Above this door, the pediment displays the initials IM/MN, the date, an armorial panel, and the inscription, "GOD'S PROVIDENCE IS MY INHERITANCE." There is also a window at the first floor. A deep-set part-glazed modern timber door is located at ground level in the central bay, with another window in the left bay and a window in the outer left bay at ground level.
The house features 2-pane timber sash and case windows. The roof is covered with grey asbestos tiles, and there is a stone ridge with a coped cement-rendered and lined ridge stack. The rainwater goods are predominantly uPVC. The interior was not seen during the last inspection in 1997.
Local climate
The Miller's House, 13 John Street, Stromness 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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