Brinkburn Mill

BRINKBURN BRINKBURN PRIORY NZ 19 NW 10/77 Brinkburn Mill GV II

Mill and attached miller's cottage. Mill probably C18 with re-used medieval masonry, remodelled and cottage added c.1830. Squared stone (except for squared rubble at rear of mill); cut dressings; Welsh slate roof. L-plan. Neo-Tudor style.

East elevation in 2 parts. Mill to left 2 low storeys, 2 bays; central boarded double doors in chamfered surround, with smaller doorway near left end; 2-light recessed and chamfered mullioned windows with lead-latticed casements. Coped left end gable on moulded kneelers; stepped ridge stack. To right, set back slightly, is gable end of taller single-storey cottage with 3-light mullioned window under hoodmould and slit window above; coped gable, with finial, on moulded kneelers. Left return of mill shows external six-spoked iron undershot waterwheel 3.5 metres in diameter. Right return of cottage shows projecting gabled-porch with tall pointed arch, and 4-light window to left. Rear elevation of mill shows two 2-light windows in gabled half dormers; projecting gable end of cottage on left has stepped projecting stack, and 2-light window on right return.

Interior: Stones and some mill machinery in Situ; king-post roof.

Listing NGR: NZ1172998298