3 Mill Wynd, East Linton

Dating from around 1800, Miller’s Cottage is a single-storey, three-bay cottage. A single-storey and attic former byre abuts the cottage’s northwest gable at a right angle. The cottage is constructed of random whinstone rubble with red sandstone dressings. The principal, or southwest-facing, elevation features a central doorway flanked by square window openings, which may have been enlarged at some point. A small, round-arched recess for a foot-scraper is located to the left of the door.

The rear, or northeast-facing, elevation shows one visible square window opening in the left-hand bay, with a timber sash and case frame holding 12 panes of glass. A later concrete external staircase leads to a raised deck. A timber-clad kitchen extension was added to the rear of the property around 2012 and is not included in the listing. The southeast gable is blank. The principal elevation now has replacement timber sash and case window frames, fitted with a 16-pane glazing pattern. The roof is covered in red pantiles, with straight skews and end chimneystacks.

The former byre has been converted into a dwelling and is now part of the neighbouring property at number 4 Mill Wynd, known as Byre House. It’s also constructed of random whinstone rubble and features a hayloft opening breaking the roof eaves. Additional openings have been added or unblocked on the northwest and northeast elevations. The roof, covered in red pantiles, has two later rooflights in the southeast roof pitch and a later end chimneystack with crow-steps, added around 2012, to the northeast gable. The byre is slightly lower in height than the remainder of Byre House, which is excluded from the listing.

The interior decorative schemes for both the cottage and the byre largely date from the early 21st century, and the byre’s interior includes steel-beam support bracing.

A 2010 building survey and assessment by CFA Archaeology suggests the byre was likely the original building on the site and that Miller’s Cottage and number 4 Mill Wynd were subsequently built onto it around 1800. Miller’s Cottage and the byre are first shown in detail on the 1853 Ordnance Survey map. The footprint of these buildings and the wider range on the site has remained largely unchanged since that time. A kitchen extension was added to the rear of Miller's Cottage around 2011-12. The hayloft opening, historically accessed by an external staircase, had its internal floor removed prior to the byre’s conversion to a dwelling, which occurred around 2011-12.