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Edinburgh, Belford Road, Bell's Mills
Grain Mill (19th Century), Granary (19th Century), Hotel (21st Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Belford Road, Bell's Mills
Classification Grain Mill (19th Century), Granary (19th Century), Hotel (21st Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bells Mills
Canmore ID 119276
Site Number NT27SW 633
NGR NT 23772 73694
NGR Description Centred NT 23772 73694
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/119276
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SW 633 centred 23772 73694
See also NT27SW 146.
For possibly-associated weir (spanning the Water of Leith), see NT27SW 4599.
(Location cited as NT 238 737). Bell's Mills, Belford Road, late 18th century. The 3- and 4-storey main ranges here were destroyed in 1971 after an explosion, but the former granary, a 3-storey attic and basement, 3- by 7-bay rubble block (1807) survives as an automobile paint shop. This building has a central pediment with a sculptured wheatsheaf in the tympanum.
J R Hume 1976.
Photographic Survey (May 1965)
Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record/Ministry of Work in May 1965.
