Springbank Carding And Spinning Mill, Dunblane

Springbank Carding and Spinning Mill in Dunblane was built in 1851 and extended in 1888. It is a two-storey, twelve-bay rectangular mill building with a triple-gabled design and a piended roof. A distinctive ogee-domed stair tower rises above the southeast eaves. An additional three-storey, seven-bay rectangular structure is attached to the west. The building is constructed from red sandstone rubble with yellow ashlar margins, featuring long and short quoins, blocked architraves, and projecting cills on the windows.

The east block, dating from 1851, has a regular arrangement of tall rectangular windows, with inscribed blind semicircular arches on the ground floor and square attic windows on the first floor. The principal elevation on the west side has seven bays, with five bays on the left obscured by the later addition, and an entrance located in the third bay from the right. The rear elevation features eight bays, with a four-bay advanced block to the right that has an exposed basement facing the river. The square-plan stair tower has a slated, ogee-domed roof that breaks the eaves on the return. The north side elevation has four bays with irregular fenestration, while the south side elevation has six bays with regular fenestration.

The west block, added in 1888, features taller windows on the ground floor. The principal elevation on the south side has seven bays with regular fenestration and a modern glazed, timber-framed door at the center. The rear elevation has regular fenestration and an advanced, bowed stair tower at the center, which includes arrowslit windows and flanking narrow windows. The east side elevation is obscured by the adjoining building, while the west side elevation has regular fenestration.

The mill has been converted into 29 private flats, with few original features preserved in the ground floor flats surveyed in 2001.

Additionally, there is a former schoolhouse that is a two-storey, four-bay rectangular building with a gabled roof, constructed from red sandstone rubble and featuring grey slates and lead flashing. The upper storey has regular fenestration, while the ground floor has irregular openings with louvered service doors.