Stronsay Meal Mill, Lower Millfield, Stronsay is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 December 1971. Mill. 1 related planning application.

Stronsay Meal Mill, Lower Millfield, Stronsay

WRENN ID
white-quoin-gold
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
Mill
Address
Stronsay Meal Mill, Lower Millfield, Stronsay, KW17 2AG
OS grid reference
HY 658 255
Coordinates
59.11513, -2.59747
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Stronsay Meal Mill, located at Lower Millfield in Stronsay, is an earlier 19th century building that stands three storeys tall. It is constructed from random rubble and features gabled ends. The exterior is harled, and it has a slated roof with a wooden vent. The mill is equipped with an overshot wheel and a lade.

Local climate

Stronsay Meal Mill, Lower Millfield, Stronsay 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 97% 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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