Sawmill, Melville Castle

Late 18th to early 19th century with later alterations and additions.

2 storey with attic, 3-bay rectangular-plan cottage ('Esk Cottage') with single storey wing to SE; detached, single storey over basement sawmill range at right angles to (NE) rear; free-standing single storey, 3-bay cottage closing third side of courtyard. Cream sandstone rubble with stugged sandstone tails to openings; rear of single storey wing harled; long and short quoins.

ESK COTTAGE: SW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 5-bay, grouped 3-2, (entrance faces out of courtyard). Timber panelled door (replaced) with geometric fanlight above at ground in bay to centre of main 3-bay block; window at 1st floor; dormer window above. Window, including dormer window, at each floor in bays flanking. Window in each bay to single storey block to outer right; small dormer window set between above; modern glazed door to left-hand side of right return.

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: window at each floor in each bay of main block; large bowed piended dormer window to centre of attic. Asymmetrical, single storey, 3-bay wing: modern glazed door with fanlight offset to right of centre with window to right; window in bay to left; small dormer to centre of attic.

NW ELEVATION: 2-storey, 2-bay gablehead elevation. Modern glazed door at ground in bay to right; window at 1st floor; oculus window to gablehead above. Window at each floor including oculus to gablehead above, in bay to left. Gablehead stack to centre above.

SAWMILL RANGE: Single storey, 6-bay with lower, lean-to additions to each end. 4 boarded doors with strip fanlights to right and 2 large windows to left of range facing courtyard. Window to lean-to block to SW end; boarded door to lean-to block to NE end. Gablehead stacks to each end above. Windows (some blinded) and basement doors to out-facing range.

SAWMILL INTERIOR: sawmill in basement, partially open through 2 floors; brick vault supporting ground floor platform at NE end.

COTTAGE: NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: faces out of courtyard. Single storey, 3-bay with lower addition, set back to left. Timber panelled door with strip fanlight in offset bay to right of centre. Window to each bay flanking.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: Faces courtyard. Single window, unevenly disposed to each bay of main block. Part-glazed door to addition to right;

3 windows to right return of addition.

12-pane timber sash and case windows to Esk Cottage; fixed 16-pane windows to sawmill; variety of glazing patterns to cottage, including 12- and 16-pane timber sash and case; grey slate roof with piended slate dormers to Esk Cottage; corrugated asbestos roof to sawmill with modern covering to lean-to additions; slate to cottage with flat roof to addition; harled stacks to SE and NW gableheads to Esk Cottage with brick copes and dentilled cornice details; ashlar coped stacks to gableheads of sawmill; ashlar coped stacks to gableheads and one to mid of cottage; ashlar skews; cast-iron rainwater goods.