Cowie Mill, Stonehaven

Cowie Mill in Stonehaven is a former mill building from the 18th and 19th centuries, which was remodeled in 1920 by Duncan Thompson and Son of Craibstone and later restored and converted into housing in 1993. The structure is two stories with an attic and three stories, featuring a rectangular plan and 11 bays, along with a large pyramidal-roofed kiln. It is constructed of squared and snecked rubble with ashlar dressings and includes a voussoired segmental cart arch and small windows.

On the south elevation, there are windows on each floor arranged in regularly spaced bays, with slight variations in height. A cart arch is located in the bay to the left of center at ground level, and there are part-blocked loading door openings on the first floor in bays four and ten.

The east elevation displays a regular arrangement of windows on the M-gabled section, which includes a slightly smaller two-story and attic, two-bay gable on the left with a single window in the gablehead, and a three-story, three-bay gable on the right featuring a blind keystoned oculus in the gablehead.

The north elevation, which serves as the entrance, has a central bay with a tall square-plan kiln topped with a hexagonal vent and a formerly revolving cap. There is a further projecting low gabled bay at ground level. To the right, lower set-back asymmetrical bays incorporate a cart arch on the left and doors at the center. The bays to the left of center are symmetrically fenestrated, with the penultimate bay on the left containing loading door openings on each floor and a wallhead gablet.

The windows feature 4-pane and plate glass glazing patterns in timber sash and case effect. The roof is covered with grey slates, and the building has ashlar-coped skews. Decorative cast-iron downpipes with a rainwater hopper are located on the east side.