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East Mill Storehouse (Former)
Date 8 March 2010
Event ID 914662
Category Management
Type Site Management
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/914662
Part of 1792 Tannery, converted in 1799 to flax spinning and extended to E in 1820s-30s, completed by 1851.Fire barrier divides 3-storey mill into 2 10-bay sections, rubble built with some later harling. 3-storey, ground and 1st floor harled, ground floor windows altered but 1st and 2nd floors retain original window pattern, with larger 1st floor window at W to light engine house. E gable, 3-storey 3-bay with 2 1st floor sash and case windows and 2nd floor fixed windows flanking central hoist doors under iron hooks. Skewputts and flat-topped finial. N elevation similar, but with 1st floor of W section altered. Slate roof with 2 fire barrier walls and brick wallhead stack. Interior: ground floor altered, 1st and 2nd floors have flanged iron columns and wooden beams.
The first successful steam powered flax mill in Scotland owned by George Wilkie and then J and W Brown. William Brown was an innovative manager and has left a detailed account of his problems with East Mill. O G Miller, son-in-law and successor to William Brown, went bankrupt in 1884 and East Mill was acquired by J and C Carmichael's Ward Foundry for use as a pattern store. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)
