Penicuik Trout Farm
Paper Mill (18th Century)
Site Name Penicuik Trout Farm
Classification Paper Mill (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Banks Paper Mill
Canmore ID 273826
Site Number NT25NW 116
NGR NT 235 595
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/273826
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Penicuik (Midlothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT25NW 116 235 595
A standing building survey was carried out in April 2004 at the former 18th-century Banks Paper Mill, Penicuik. The work preceded domestic housing and reduction works on part of the derelict mill fabric. The survey confirmed that the mill originally had three floors and had been supplied with power through a series of square openings for take-off drive shafts. Various phases of blocking work and later modifications were recorded. Only two elevations of the mill survived, along with a return wall stub. Most of the observed modifications had occurred in the early 20th century and in more recent times when the lower levels were altered to construct a trout farm.
Reports lodged with Midlothian SMR.
Sponsor: Elizabeth Robertson.
M Cressey 2004
Standing Building Recording (April 2004)
A standing building survey was carried out in April 2004 at the former 18th-century Banks Paper Mill, Penicuik. The work preceded domestic housing and reduction works on part of the derelict mill fabric. The survey confirmed that the mill originally had three floors and had been supplied with power through a series of square openings for take-off drive shafts. Various phases of blocking work and later modifications were recorded. Only two elevations of the mill survived, along with a return wall stub. Most of the observed modifications had occurred in the early 20th century and in more recent times when the lower levels were altered to construct a trout farm.
Reports lodged with Midlothian SMR.
Sponsor: Elizabeth Robertson.
M Cressey 2004
