Edrington Castle Mill

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 24/01/2000 Local Authority Scottish Borders Planning Authority Scottish Borders Parish Mordington NGR NT 93925 53433 Coordinates 393925, 653433 — 1789 with later additions and alterations. 2 storey with attic, 4-bay, rectangular-plan former flour mill with lower, 3-bay, L-plan wing adjoined to side. Harl-pointed rubble sandstone (weathered in part); tooled rubble dressings. Tooled quoins and long and short surrounds to openings; flush cills. NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: principal block to left with doorway at ground off-set to left of centre; roofless, lean-to addition to right; large, segmental-arched opening at ground to outer right with keystone dated '1789(?)'. Boarded openings in all bays at 1st floor; 3 irregularly-spaced, squat, louvred attic openings above. Lower, 3-bay range to right with single openings at ground and 1st floors; inscribed plaque off-set to left of centre; squat, bricked-up attic openings above. SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: projecting gable end with boarded openings centred at all floors; dovecot opening in gablehead off-set to left of centre. Blind elevation to projecting wing recessed to right. SE (REAR) ELEVATION: principal block to right with large, segmental-arched opening at ground to left; boarded openings at ground to right; boarded openings at 1st floor (blocked to outer right). Flush, gabled addition to left with boarded openings centred at ground and 1st floors; part bricked-up attic opening aligned above. Blocked openings in full-height wing recessed to outer left. Grey slate roof to principal block; pantiled roof to lower block (missing in part); stone-coped skews. INTERIOR: rubble walls; timber joists between floors; open timber roof. Timber stair accessing upper floor. Milling machinery in place with numerous cogs and d

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.