Warehouse, 57 Mill Street, Drummore

This is an early 19th century warehouse located prominently on the corner of Mill Street and Shore Street in Drummore. It is a simple, gabled building of three storeys plus a loft, set on a sloping site and originally rectangular in plan. The exterior is largely lightly washed rubble, with some brick repairs present on the margins. Tie plates are visible.

The front elevation, facing Mill Street, has three bays. There are two-leaf loading doors at the centre of the first and second floors, with a small forestair leading to the first-floor door. Window openings are present in the outer bays of the first and second floors. A window opening on the ground floor has been blocked to the right of the right-hand bay.

The north-facing (Shore Street) elevation is tall and gabled, with a two-leaf machinery door positioned to the right of centre on the ground floor, and a window opening to the outer left. There are window openings to the right of centre on the first floor, and in the gablehead. A window opening on the second floor has been blocked.

The west elevation shows two small window openings on the first floor, one truncated by the roof pitch of a formerly adjoining building. Three window openings are present on the second floor. A lower building is adjoined to the right, constructed of painted rubble and brick with corrugated roofing.

The south elevation features a blocked opening in the gablehead and adjoins a lower building, number 55 Mill Street.

Most openings are fitted with boarded shutters, with some glazed. The roof has coped skews and is covered with grey slates. Circular tile ventilation holes are present at the eaves on both the east and west sides.

Historically, the warehouse was used for storing grain, connected to Drummore Mill, which was located further up Mill Street to the south and was demolished in the 1970s. Planning permission was granted in 1989 for conversion into flats. The building is referenced on an Ordnance Survey map from 1850 (surveyed 1848) and is discussed in "The Industrial Archaeology of Scotland, Vol I" published in 1976.