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Latitude: 55.7896 / 55°47'22"N
Longitude: -6.2249 / 6°13'29"W
OS Eastings: 135251
OS Northings: 663222
OS Grid: NR352632
Mapcode National: GBR CF0D.X31
Mapcode Global: WGYGV.CR00
Plus Code: 9C7MQQQG+R2
Entry Name: Woollen Mill, Redhouses, Islay
Listing Name: Islay Woollen Mill and Bridge
Listing Date: 3 June 1987
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 344818
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB12143
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill
ID on this website: 200344818
Location: Killarow and Kilmeny
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Kintyre and the Islands
Parish: Killarow And Kilmeny
Traditional County: Argyllshire
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Built 1883. Woollen mill with unusually complete interior, containing much early machinery and waterwheel. L-plan; 2-storey and attic tall range, deep on plan, with 5-bay north long elevation, central door
on east gable; low single storey range extends 4 bays from west end of south wall - piended south most bay (press room) not original. Rubble-built with squared dressings; low range slated, tall range with modern corrugated asbestos roof and end stacks.
Interior: Low range contains dye house, low breast-shot iron water-wheel (roughly 15/16' diameter) beside south wall of tall range; boiler at south (roof ventilator and axial stack over), overhead power shafts; tall range contains numerous machines, some brought from previous mill building.
Rubble-built single segmental-arched access bridge to south east of mill.
Inventory notes "some of [the machinery as being] among the last specimens of their kind to survive in Britain". Earlier mill to south in poor condition.
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