Ironmacannie Mill
| Ironmacannie Mill | |
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Kirkcudbrightshire | |
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| Type: | Watermill |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NX66777532 |
| Location: | 55°3’16"N, 4°5’14"W |
| Village: | Balmaclellan |
| History | |
| Material: | Whinstone rubble |
| Watermill | |
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Ironmacannie Mill is a historic watermill near Balmaclellan in Kirkcudbrightshire. Built in the 18th and 19th centuries, on the site of an older mill, it retains a substantial amount of original gearing and machinery. It is a Category A listed building.[1] The mill was converted for domestic use in the 1990s, and is currently used as holiday accommodation.
Description
The mill stands on a site about two and a half miles south of Balmaclellan, on the north bank of the Shirmers Burn. It is a three-story L-plan building, with rubble masonry made of locally mined whinstone. The windows are plain, and mostly in the south-east wall. Two cast iron waterwheels survive, fed via its mill races by water from a dam some 260 feet north of the mill. The larger wheel formerly drove the mill's three grinding stones, while the smaller one operated the bellows for the mill's kiln.[2] There is now a micro hydro generator, providing power for the building.
History
Most of the surviving structure dates to the nineteenth century,[3] but the oldest parts of the building are late eighteenth-century,[1] and it was built on the site of a much older mill.[2] It was designated a Category A listed building in 1971; its designation describes it as being "remarkable for the survival of most of the internal gearing and machinery".[1] In 1990, consent was granted to convert the building for use as domestic accommodation, while preserving the historic gear and machinery in-situ; work began shortly afterwards, and the building is currently used as holiday accommodation, marketed as The Hidden Mill.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ironmacannie Mill (Category A) - Listing detail (Historic Environment Scotland)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hume 2000, p. 147.
- ↑ Gifford 1996, p. 115.
- The Hidden Mill
- Gillespie, Stuart (26 June 2008). "Gardens open for charity". The Daily Record (Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd). https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/gardens-open-for-charity-2633844.
- Gifford, John (1996). The Buildings of Scotland:Dumfries and Galloway. London: Penguin. ISBN 0140-71067-1.
- Hume, John R (2000). Dumfries and Galloway: An Illustrated Architectural Guide. The Rutland Press. ISBN 1-873-190-344.
- RCAHMS record of Ironmacannie Mill