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Latitude: 58.5955 / 58°35'43"N
Longitude: -3.6585 / 3°39'30"W
OS Eastings: 303704
OS Northings: 968693
OS Grid: ND037686
Mapcode National: GBR K6B0.GVK
Mapcode Global: WH5BG.S62Y
Plus Code: 9CCRH8WR+6J
Entry Name: Miller's House, East Mill, Forss
Listing Name: Forss Mill and Miller's House (East)
Listing Date: 21 May 1974
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 348403
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14925
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200348403
Location: Thurso
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Thurso and Northwest Caithness
Parish: Thurso
Traditional County: Caithness
Tagged with: Mill building
Early 19th century mill range with early/mid 19th century
miller's house abutting SE gable of mill, all on SW sloping site fronting Forss Water. Mill; 3-storey, 6-bay SW front with 2-storey addition to NW gable projecting ar rear. Harl pointed rubble.
Off-centre door; reasonably regular fenestration, with some windows blocked. Shuttering or 12-pane glazing; piended Caithness slate roof.
Mill lade runs close in front of building serving overshot wheel
at west end of mill.
Miller's house; set back from SE gable of mill with entrance in small porch in re-entrant; 2-storey, asymmetrical 3 bays; thin rubble flagstone, with polished flagstone dressings and margins. Slightly advanced gable right bay with single ground floor centre window,
2 1st floor windows and apex stack. 2 further 1st floor windows break eaves in gabletted dormers. Single storey extension at right gable
with loft door in gable centre (at ground floor level owing to slope
of site) and rear wall of large single stone slabs. Ridge stack; Caithness slate roof.
Miller's House has served as Post Office and 1 ground floor
window fitted with small posting box.
For mill on west bank of Forss Water at Forss, see Reay Parish.
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