Former Powerloom Factory, Craigmill, Sandford is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 November 1980. Factory.

Former Powerloom Factory, Craigmill, Sandford

WRENN ID
guardian-marble-auburn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
East Kilbride and Strathaven MP: Joani Reid (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 November 1980
Type
Factory
OS grid reference
NS 712 431
Coordinates
55.66517, -4.0485
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The former powerloom factory at Craigmill, Sandford, dates from around 1825 and is a two-storey building with a basement, featuring three bays. It is constructed from coursed, stugged rubble with ashlar margins and rusticated quoins. The central door has been blocked and converted into a window. At the rear, there is a stair tower with an entrance and a lean-to extension on the left side. The building has an eaves course and cornice, with end stacks and a slate roof. A mill lade runs below the structure.

Local climate

Former Powerloom Factory, Craigmill, Sandford sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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