Lower Dress Sawmill is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 2000. Water mill.

Lower Dress Sawmill

WRENN ID
hollow-gable-magpie
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 March 2000
Type
Water mill
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Mid 19th century. Single storey, attic and basement 3-bay former water mill, now sawmill. Tooled, coursed granite rubble with long and short dressings. Metal sliding doors; crowstepped gables.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical; door to centre of ground floor, surmounted by partially obscured tooled datestone reading "??M?54"; window to each flanking bay; window set in gablehead.

S ELEVATION: asymmetrical; multi-light window with sliding shutter to bay to left, lean-to addition with sliding door and various infills to right; 7 2-pane skylights to attic floor.

E ELEVATION: near-symmetrical; door to centre of basement floor; window to left and right bays of ground floor; window to centre of gablehead.

N ELEVATION: asymmetrical; opening off-centre to right of basement floor; 3 regularly placed windows to ground floor; 7 2-pane skylights to attic floor.

Predominantly 6-pane timber pivoting windows. Grey slate roof with lead ridge; slate hung ventilator to centre. Coped granite wallhead stack to E. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not seen 1998.

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