Detail of Insurance Company Plaque on door. Digital image of C 3938.
SC 749601
Description Detail of Insurance Company Plaque on door. Digital image of C 3938.
Date 1993
Catalogue Number SC 749601
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of C 3938
Scope and Content Firemark on door of Barry Mill, Angus Barry Mill dates from the late 18th century, and consists of a three-storeyed rubble main building with waterwheel and semicircular drying kiln attached. The mill was rebuilt in 1814 after a fire, and produced oatmeal commercially until the lade was damaged in 1982. It is now owned by The National Trust for Scotland, and is restored to working condition for milling demonstrations. This shows a cast metal firemark on the door of the mill. It is inscribed with the name of a fire insurance company called 'Scottish Union', and bears the date 1824 (the year the company was established in Edinburgh). The firemark also features a heraldic lion and crown. Mills were often at risk of fire, and in the days before a single fire brigade, property owners would purchase protection from individual fire companies who would only put out fires in buildings displaying their own firemark. The Scottish Union Insurance company operated from 1824 to 1878, and its first governor was Sir Walter Scott. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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