Meikle's Sawmill, Morningside, Innerleithen is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 April 1990. Wheelhouse, turbine house.
Meikle's Sawmill, Morningside, Innerleithen
- WRENN ID
- over-shingle-blackthorn
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1990
- Type
- Wheelhouse, turbine house
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Late 18th century. 2-bay, rectangular-plan, piended-roof wheelhouse over mill lade and associated timber turbine house to E side. Whinstone rubble walls with rough hewn quoins; segmental-arched openings for lade and tail-race. Door opening to E and small former gearing openings to W to former open-sided timber sawmill sheds (now demolished). Remnant wall extending to W.
WHEEL: 14ft diameter, 7ft wide iron water wheel with 3 sets of 8 T-section spokes with tie rods. Wood buckets, pierced drum boards, spur gearing. Remains of timber sluice.
TURBINE HOUSE: Small horizontal timber-boarded shed with corrugated iron roof. Door to S; 6-pane window to N. Vertical turbine by Hogg and Robertson powered 110-volt electric generator.
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