Horizontal Mill, Burrastow is a Grade B listed building in the Shetland Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1998. Mill.
Horizontal Mill, Burrastow
- WRENN ID
- riven-mullion-tallow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Shetland Islands
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1998
- Type
- Mill
- OS grid reference
- HU 223 476
- Coordinates
- 60.21291, -1.5993
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The horizontal mill at Burrastow, built in the later 19th century, is a substantial structure located southwest of the house. It follows the typical design of a rectangular gabled building made of drystone rubble, which includes both upper and lower houses. The mill features square openings for the inlet and outlet, and inside, the floor and millstone are still intact. There is also a flight of stone steps on the north side of the mill.
Local climate
Horizontal Mill, Burrastow 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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