Sandwater Mills, Breckon, Yell is a Grade C listed building in the Shetland Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 October 1977. Mill.
Sandwater Mills, Breckon, Yell
- WRENN ID
- quiet-jamb-birch
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Shetland Islands
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1977
- Type
- Mill
- OS grid reference
- HP 524 047
- Coordinates
- 60.72234, -1.04089
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Sandwater Mills in Breckon, Yell, date from the later 19th century and consist of a group of three horizontal mills located near the shore. The southern mill is intact up to the wallhead, with its northwest corner built on a rock outcrop, while the two mills to the northeast are in an advanced state of ruin. The mills are constructed with drystone rubble walls and follow the standard design of rectangular gabled drystone rubble buildings, which include upper and lower houses with square openings for the inlet and outlet. The mills have been roofless since 1996.
Local climate
Sandwater Mills, Breckon, Yell sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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