Description

Founded 1589, largely rebuilt 1812, re-equipped 1908 and converted to a house in 1987. Datestones 1590, ID ES 1734, MD ID 1812 REBUILT and ADD 1908 IDD REMOUDELLED. Rubble-built corn mill.

Rectangular 3-storey, 1 by 4-bay mill. Piend-roofed kiln at E with segmental arched firebox to S: small windows blocked, larger windows inserted. Some original openings to mill proper re-opened as dinwos and doors. Small part of granery survives at NE, reduced from 3 to 1-storey.

Overshot cast-iron wheel with square axle in ashlar hoodmoulded wheel-pit at W gable.

Single-storey and attic gabled rectangular-plan threshing mill turned by same wheel adjoins to W.

Slate Roof. New velux and casement windows.

INTERIOR: most of the machinery - two pairs of stones pot barley mill etc - was present but not workable in 1986. Kiln had iron plates on wire floor.

Statement of Interest

Owned, with Pitkerro House, firstly by the Durhams, then by the Douglas Dicks. Converted from dereliction to domestic use in 1987, involving the demolition of the later granary, stables and tackroom to NE end reduced to a single storey. Threshing mill not yet (1988) converted.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56630402

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  For the Record