Aberfeldy Watermill is located in the Scottish town of
Aberfeldy,
Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
. Dating to 1826, it is now a
Category A listed building. Its
water wheel is in diameter and is fed by the lower Urlar Burn. It is now a book shop, gallery and café.
[
The mill was restored in the 1980s by a miller from Cupar in ]Fife
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...
.''Aberfeldy Conservation Area Appraisal''
– Perth and Kinross Council, November 2008
After its renovation during 2004, it was opened in its current format the following year by
Michael Palin. In 2009, it was awarded UK Independent Bookshop of the Year and, in 2016, ''
The New Yorker'' listed it in its "75 Greatest Bookstores in the World".
[Aberfeldy Watermill homepage]
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See also
* List of Category A listed buildings in Perth and Kinross
* List of listed buildings in Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross
References
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External links
Aberfeldy Watermill
– official website
Flour mills in the United Kingdom
19th-century establishments in Scotland
Watermill
Category A listed buildings in Perth and Kinross