Description

Urquhart Lindsay and Co, 1874. 5-storey 8-by 13-bay
L-plan jute spinning mill, rubble-built with ashlar quoins
to E. Metal-framed windows, some blocked or altered to
doors at ground floor. 2 keystoned arched entrances at
N wing. W walls blank.
Piended slate roof and water tank.
Interior iron framed, Iron columns with bell capitals and
brackets for shafting (which was also suspended from
beams), brick arches under stone slabs and iron plates.
2nd bay from E has iron fittings in floors and ceilings for
rope drives/shafts. Stone stair, lift and WC in angle.
Top floor brick arched ceiling with wooden roof above.

Statement of Interest

founded 1813, rebuilt for Wybrants Bros after 1873 fire

($200 damage), unusually tall because of lack of space.

Preparing sheds, Warehouses and Engine Houses demolished.

Mill converted to units for DIA. Ground and 1st floor

partitioned, but framing still visible.

Retains a line shaft, and 2 spiral chutes.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17806614

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback