The Old Mill, Davan is a Grade C listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 March 2001. Mill. 1 related planning application.
The Old Mill, Davan
- WRENN ID
- cold-roof-honey
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 March 2001
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- The Old Mill, Davan, PH10 7PQ
- OS grid reference
- NO 039 635
- Coordinates
- 56.75377, -3.57277
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Mill in Davan is a former mill and wheel dating from the earlier to mid 19th century, now converted into a dwelling. The structure is built of random rubble with squared rubble quoins.
The mill and wheel housing features a tall gabled building that includes a timber-spoked wheel and an iron gear ring beneath a swept-roof outshot. On the west elevation, there is a broad wheel housing to the right with a door opening leading to the timber overshot wheel and cast-iron gearing. To the left, there is a recessed bay with a boarded timber door on the right at ground level, a square opening above, and an arrowslit-type ventilation opening to the left with a small window above. There is also a slightly lower range adjoining to the outer left.
The south elevation presents a broad gabled front with doors to the right at ground level and in the gablehead, along with a garage range adjoining to the outer right.
The courtyard ranges to the north and west have been converted into a dwelling, retaining various elements such as a slate-hung hayloft opening and traditional rooflights on the north side. The south range has been converted into a garage with a modern roof.
Throughout the building, there are small-pane modern glazing patterns, grey slates on the roof, and a coped brick stack on the mill building.
Local climate
The Old Mill, Davan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 86 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 64 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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