Walkerburn, Galashiels Road, Tweedvale Mills
Chimney (19th Century), Woollen Mill (20th Century)
Site Name Walkerburn, Galashiels Road, Tweedvale Mills
Classification Chimney (19th Century), Woollen Mill (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ballantyne's Mill; Tweedholm Mill; Tweedvale Mill; Tweeddale Mills; Scottish Museum Of Woollen Textiles; Caberston Road; Jubilee Road
Canmore ID 53115
Site Number NT33NE 24
NGR NT 3595 3705
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53115
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Innerleithen
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT33NE 24.00 centred 3595 3705
Tweedvale Mills
(Woollen) [NAT] (at NT 3596 3708)
OS 1:2500 map, 1966.
NT33NE 24.01 NT 35944 37094 Main or west block
NT33NE 24.02 NT 36108 37033 East block
NT33NE 24.03 NT 35914 37121 Museum and shop
NT33NE 24.04 NT 3497 3701 to NT 3655 3710 Lade
NT33NE 24.05 NT 35115 36998 Weir (River Tweed)
For associated Kirnie Law Reservoir (NT 34841 38691) and Walkerburn pumped storage hydro-electric installation, see NT33NW 58.00.
(Location cited as NT 360 371). Ballantyne's Mill, founded 1855. A large complex of buildings, the oldest of which appears to be a four-storey, 8-bay block with a castellated clock tower. The rest are mainly two storeys in height. There is a fine octagonal brick chimney with a flared top.
J R Hume 1976.
Tweedvale Mills [NAT] (at NT 3607 3704)
OS 1:2500 map, 1983.
Henry Ballantyne of Galashiels founded the Tweedvale Mill in 1855 for the production of wollen cloth. Tweedholm Mill, established by Robert Frier, also of Galashiels, established Tweedholm Mill in 1859, together with housing for the mill workers. The mills combined (as Tweddvale Mills) in 1918.
K Cruft, J Dunbar and R Fawcett 2006.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding building.
Information from Scottish Borders Council.
