Medwynbank Sawmill is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 January 1975.

Medwynbank Sawmill

WRENN ID
forbidden-eave-rowan
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 January 1975
OS grid reference
NT 098 497
Coordinates
55.73297, -3.43752
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Medwynbank Sawmill is a water-driven sawmill and joiners shop, dating to 1824. It includes a small wheel used for generating electricity, a well-defined lade, and a mill house. The site is located on the Garvald Estate, near Dolphinton, Dunsyre.

Local climate

Medwynbank Sawmill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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