Tarff, Waulk Mill
Woollen Mill (19th Century)
Site Name Tarff, Waulk Mill
Classification Woollen Mill (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkcowan; Tarf Water
Canmore ID 62981
Site Number NX36SW 29
NGR NX 33273 60232
NGR Description Centred NX 33273 60232
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/62981
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkcowan
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX36SW 29.00 centred 33273 60232
NX36SW 29.01 NX 33297 60261 Waulk Mill House (Waulkmill)
NX36SW 29.02 Centred NX 33252 60254 Weaving Sheds
NX36SW 29.03 NX 33237 60233 Chimney Stack
NX36SW 29.04 NX 33107 60192 Weir (Tarf Water)
NX36SW 29.05 NX 33129 60190 to NX 33273 60216 Sluice
Not to be confused with Tarf (Tarff) Woollen Mills (centred NX 33030 60240), for which see NX36SW 28.
(Location cited as NX 333 603). Waulk Mill, built 1821 by R W T Milroy and enlarged by W T, 1835. A two-storey and attic, eight-bay rubble main range with a corrugated-iron roof. At the rear are single-storey brick weaving sheds, added in the 1880's, with an octagonal red-and-white-brick chimney. Disused and decaying.
J R Hume 1976.
1821 Woollen Mill complex comprising main mill buildings, weaving sheds and chimney stack. MILL BUILDING: 8-bay frontage, 2-storeys and attic. Packed rubble with squared granite quoins and margins. Off-centre to left, large granite margined slate hung dormer, formerly attic loading door, now glazed as window. All single light windows, 12-pane glazing pattern, sash and case to ground, fixed above. Corrugated-asbestos roof with skylights. INTERIOR: off-centre internal underfloor wheelpit but from natural rock with rubble upper parts. Massive roughly cut hexagonal timber axel on site but not in situ; water wheel. originally large overshot wheel removed. Timber uprights support floor joists, some pulleys and drive shafts survive. (Historic Scotland)
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