Hawick, Green Lane, Sybil Gentleman's Works
Mill (19th Century)
Site Name Hawick, Green Lane, Sybil Gentleman's Works
Classification Mill (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sybil's; Mr Elliots Old Stocking Shop; Messrs James Bonsor And Co, Hosiery Manufacturer, Buccleuch Works; Bonsor And Ashford; Beaconsfield Terrace
Canmore ID 177747
Site Number NT41SE 48
NGR NT 49857 14368
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/177747
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Hawick
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT41SE 48 4985 1436
During March 1999, RCAHMS conducted a photographic survey of the textile mills within the town of Hawick. At the time of this survey, the mill locally known as 'Sybils' was disused. The purpose of this survey was to enhance and augment the existing holdings of the National Monuments Record Scotland.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), March 1999
Range of 19th century mill buildings consisting of an earlier rubble built hand loom mill to east with turnpike stair tower attached to the east gable. A later machine loom mill adjoins the hand loom mill to the west.
Desk Based Assessment (3 February 2017)
This textile works is in two parts. The earlier east building of masonry construction dates from after 1824 and was a stocking factory. It does not appear on the John Wood map (Plan of Town and Environs of Hawick from an actual survey, NLS EMS.X.009, http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400036), but is in existence by 1858 (Ordnance Survey 1st edition map, 25-inch, Roxburgh (Hawick), survey date 1858, (published 1863), sheet XXXV.7) by which time a larger (?power loom) hosiery factory had been constructed on its west side. This extension was by William Elliot and Co.
The site on which this former hosiery works sits is shown on the Wood map of 1824 as a 'Rope Work'.
Information from HES Survey and Recording Section, Heritage Directorate.
