3 Mill Wynd, East Linton

Dating from around 1800, Miller's Cottage is a single-storey, three-bay cottage with a single-storey and attic former byre abutting the cottage's northwest gable at right angles. The cottage is constructed in random whinstone rubble with red sandstone dressings. The principal (southwest) elevation has a central doorway flanked by square (possibly enlarged) window openings. There is a small, round-arched foot-scraper recess to the left of the door.

The rear (northeast) elevation of the cottage has one visible square window opening in the left-hand bay with 12-pane glazing in a timber sash and case frame. A later concrete external stair leads up to a raised deck. A timber-clad kitchen extension was added on to the rear of the property around 2012 (this is excluded from the listing). The southeast gable is blank.

The cottage has replacement timber sash and case window frames with a 16-pane glazing pattern to the principal elevation. The roof is covered in red pantiles and has straight skews and end chimneystacks.

The former byre is now a house and is part of the neighbouring property, Byre House at no.4 Mill Wynd. It is constructed in random whinstone rubble and has a hayloft opening breaking the roof eaves. Some later openings have been added (or unblocked) to the northwest and northeast elevations. The roof is covered in red pantiles with two later rooflights in the southeast roof pitch. There is a later end chimneystack (dating from around 2012) with crow-steps below to the northeast gable. The byre is slightly lower in height to the rest of Byre House (which is excluded from the listing).

The interior decorative schemes of the cottage and byre largely date from the early-21st century. The byre interior has steel-beam support bracing.

Historical development

A building survey and desk-based assessment compiled by CFA Archaeology in 2010 prior to the byre's conversion to a dwelling indicates that the byre was probably the original building at the site and 3 and 4 Mill Wynd were built onto it in around 1800 (Trove.scot).

Miller's Cottage and byre are first shown in detail on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1853. The footprint of these and the wider range of buildings on the site have not changed significantly since that shown on the 1st Edition map. A kitchen extension was added onto the rear of Miller's Cottage around 2011-12.

The byre was converted to a dwelling around the same time and is now part of Byre House at 4 Mill Wynd. Historically, the hayloft opening would have been accessed by an external stair (as shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1906). Internally, the hayloft floor was removed at some point prior to its conversion to a dwelling in 2011-12 (John Gray Centre).