Invergowrie, Bullionfield Paper Mills
Paper Mill (19th Century), Works (19th Century)
Site Name Invergowrie, Bullionfield Paper Mills
Classification Paper Mill (19th Century), Works (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Invergowrie, Bullionfield, Mill Road, Former Bullionfield Paper Mill
Canmore ID 117747
Site Number NO33SW 81
NGR NO 34593 30518
NGR Description Centred NO 34593 30518
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/117747
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Dundee (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
NO33SW 81 centred 34593 30518
(Location cited as NO 346 306). Bullionfield Paper Mill, founded 1850. A large complex of buildings of various dates, with some unusual features including a two-storey rubble machiolated tower and a little cast-iron bellcote on a wall-head. Originally a bleach and dyeworks.
J R Hume 1977.
The main body of the Mill buildings appear to have been demolished in favour of housing and map evidence would suggest that the only remaining part of the site is the two-storey tower on which this record is now centred.
Information from RCAHMS Listed Building Location Project (GK), April 2004.
Publication Account (2013)
BULLIONFIELD PAPER MILL
Invergowrie, Perth and Kinross
18th century lint scutching mill that became a flax spinning mill c1800 and a bleachfield in 1833, water and steam-powered. In 1856 it became
a paper mill for Alexander Cowan, of Valleyfield Mill, Penicuik, and was run from 1871 by D M Watson, living in Doubletrees Hotel. Raw materials
switched in 1862 from rags to esparto grass, along with jute waste used to line calender bowls.
Paper-making ceased in 1964. Main survivor within the complex is a massive water tower with curved corners, looking rather like Drum Castle,
giving focus to a housing development.
M Watson, 2013
