Abbey Mill

NT57SW 86 53446 74623

Abbey Mill (NAT) (disused)

OS 1:10000 map (1978)

Abbey Mill: Late 18th century. A two-storeyed rubble building with attic on an L-plan, with a kiln at the end of one arm of the L. The building, now gutted and used as a store, is partly roofed with pantiles.

J R Hume 1976

The mill is depicted as roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Haddingtonshire, 1855, sheet 10) and described in the Object Name Book of the Ordnance Survey (ONB) as a 'Corn Mill at the village of Abbey (NT57SW 363.00) in good repair occupied by Geo. Allan, the property of the Earl of Wemyss' (Name Book 1854). The 1855 map depicts two roofed buildings

The Valuation Roll for 1916-17 shows that the mill was owned by The Earl of Wemyss and March.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), July 2006

Possibly early 18th century on earlier foundation, kiln and granary added later. Disused water mill by River Tyne. L-plan, essentially 2-storey with loft, random rubble. Associated weir, lade etc. vestigial.

Apparently the Mill finished operating in the 1920s. All machinery, wheel etc, is said to have been stripped out. Some stones in the structure, of deep red sandstone, are claimed to originate from the old "Abbey", and the surrounding ground in general may be an area of considerable archaeological interest. (Historic Scotland)