Embroidery Mill, Anchor Mills, Paisley is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 March 1985. Factory.

Embroidery Mill, Anchor Mills, Paisley

WRENN ID
late-chalk-rook
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 March 1985
Type
Factory
OS grid reference
NS 487 636
Coordinates
55.84245, -4.41639
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Embroidery Mill at Anchor Mills in Paisley dates from around 1840 and features later additions. It is a three-storey factory built in an L-plan, measuring 12 bays by 21. The exterior is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar margins. Most windows retain their original 30-pane glazing, with the exception of those on the south elevation, and the top halves of these windows tilt open. The roof is slate-covered and gabled, with stacks present. There is a partially ruined extra flat-roofed storey on part of the east elevation. Brick stair towers have been added at the re-entrant angle and the northeast corner, both topped with piended slate roofs. Inside, the timber floors are supported by single rows of cast iron columns.

Local climate

Embroidery Mill, Anchor Mills, Paisley sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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