Dochart Mill, Killin is a Grade B listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. 2 related planning applications.
Dochart Mill, Killin
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-pinnacle-tarn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
- Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Address
- Dochart Mill, Killin, FK21 8UT
- OS grid reference
- NN 570 324
- Coordinates
- 56.4628, -4.32097
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Built around 1840, Dochart Mill initially functioned as a corn mill, later adapted for tweed weaving, and subsequently converted into a visitor centre in 1994. It likely replaced an earlier mill on the same site. The building, prominently situated in Killin and overlooking the Falls of Dochart, is constructed of rubble stone with a creamy lime wash and features pointed-arch openings in a Breadalbane Gothick Estate style. It is arranged as an L-plan, three-storey structure, serving as a notable landmark and a reminder of Killin's industrial heritage alongside its significant picturesque setting.
The main entrance is on the west elevation, which features a broad gabled section with a small, pitched-roof porch projecting from the re-entrant angle. Above are two floors with single-light, pointed-arch windows. Recessed to the left is a single bay with a pointed-arch door at ground floor level, and a small window with a pitched gable breaking the eaves on the top floor. The east elevation, which faces the Falls, is largely a mirror image, featuring a replacement waterwheel where the porch is located on the west side. Works in 1994 included the addition of a parapet with timber decking to this section of the building.
The interior has been comprehensively modernised to create the visitor centre, with mostly bare or whitewashed stone walls. The original mill mechanism remains visible on the ground floor.
The building is constructed primarily from rubble stone, with some areas lime-washed. Most windows are modern replacements featuring both small and large panes set in timber frames. The doors are predominantly replacement timber boarded. The roof is slate, with a flat-topped ridge ventilator.
It is believed that weaving operations ceased in the 1950s. The mill was marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map (1859-64) as 'Millinore (Corn)', and an adjoining, now non-existent building to the southwest, described on the second edition map (1898-1900) as a 'Saw Mill', was also present. The mill itself was then referred to as 'Corn Mill'.
Local climate
Dochart Mill, Killin sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,610 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 80 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 60 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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