Description

Early 19th century. 3-storey and attic, 9-bay, asymmetrical-plan former mill now converted to house and stables. Rubble built.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: grouped 4-2-3. Regularly spaced fenestration at 2nd floor; 2 glazed cartshed openings at ground floor to bay to outer left; non-aligned square-headed entrance and single window above to inner bay to left; gabled structure to right of inner bay to right, glazed timber door, single window, single window aligned above to main block; mill wheel to bay to outer right; glazing above. Regular 2 window fenestration to all floors of advanced gabled section; central single attic window to gablehead; regular single window fenestration to re-entrant angle to right; single window fenestration at 1st and 2nd floor to re-entrant angle to left. Regular fenestration to all floors of 3 bays to outer right; excepting glazed entrance porch at ground to central bay; larger opening to upper floor at outer left and attic above; advanced timber framing surrounding.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: grouped 3-2-4. Regular fenestration to all floors of 2 bay to outer left; excepting glazed entrance porch at ground to bay to left (additional single window to outer left at ground). Regular 2 window fenestration to all floors of advanced gabled section; central single attic window to gablehead; glazed timber door replaces window at ground to right; glazed timber door at ground, single windows at 1st and 2nd floors to re-entrant angle to left; single windows to all floors to re-entrant angle to right. Regularly spaced fenestration at 2nd floor; 2 non-aligned windows at ground and 1st floor below to each bay (no 1st floor window to bay to outer right, window to inner bay to left at ground within lean-to).

SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: single window to right at ground floor; 2 single windows at 1st and 2nd floors.

NE ELEVATION: not seen 1999.

Variety of glazing patterns; predominantly fixed timber windows at ground floor. Grey slate roof; stone skews; coped wallhead stacks; circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

ANCILLARY STRUCTURE, NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: single storey gabled ancillary structure; timber door to square-headed entrance to left; 2 cartshed openings to right; small opening to outer right.

ENTRANCE BOUNDARY WALL: short stretch of blocked balustraded walling to entrance.

Statement of Interest

B-Group with Alloway Mill Cottage (see separate list description). Notable for retaining mill machinery in conversion process, especially sluice gate and mill wheel. Timber and iron paddle wheel formerly drove 4 pairs of stones through individual bevel gears.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17853806

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)