Saw Mill, Burnfoot Bowden is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 October 1985. Mill.
Saw Mill, Burnfoot Bowden
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-marble-onyx
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1985
- Type
- Mill
- OS grid reference
- NT 557 303
- Coordinates
- 55.56502, -2.70389
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Saw Mill at Burnfoot Bowden is a water-powered sawmill built in the first half of the 19th century. It is constructed from rubble and has a rectangular shape with an outshot at the southwest corner. The east wall features a segmentally arched entrance, with a loft door positioned above it. The building is topped with a slate roof that includes rooflights.
Inside, there is an overshot waterwheel made of cast iron, measuring 10 feet in diameter, which is housed in the outshot and separated from the main body of the mill by a wall. The main area contains the saw and bench, which includes rollers, and is supported by a collar-beam roof. A long stone lade, measuring 200 yards, directs water from a concrete dam to the mill.
Local climate
Saw Mill, Burnfoot Bowden receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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