Description
Tow or jutemill, circa 1834-36. 2-storey and attic 10-by
3-bay iron framed rubble-built mill with double-pitched
preparing room added to N circa 1846-51. S elevation 7
ground floor windows. 4 altered to doors. 8th bay has
tall engine house window rising through 1st floor, later
converted to 2 windows. 10th bay is the stone base of a
chimney built into the mill and rising through eaves, with
brick top removed. E gable has door inserted at ground
floor. 3 1st floor windows, 2 blocked when mechanics
shop, now removed, was added. W gable has 2 ground floor
windows and door, 1 1st floor window and attic loading
door. N elevation 2 round-headed bays to boiler house,
door to stairs and engine.
Single storey preparing room with 2 doors and a blocked
window to E Iron columns carry iron beam and wall of
mill. 1st floor 3 doors, formerly linked by a platform and
6 windows.
Interior: (rebuilt in 1850s) iron framed and brick arched
with cast-iron parabolic beams and wrought-iron ties on
iron columns with bulbous capitals. Stone flagged floors.
Boiler House, at E of ground floor has 2 fluted Egyptian
columns, narrower 1835 beam, and evidence of engine
fittings. Old engine house had wooden floor inserted
stone spiral stair. Roof has curved cast-iron trusses on
short iron columns with wooden boarding at sides.
Preparing room also has a curved cast-iron roof.
Statement of Special Interest
List excludes storehouses with modern roofs by
Douglas St.
Owned by R Gilroy before the move to Tay Works in 1849,
and so an early jute mill. Afterwards spun tow, later
jute, in conjunction with Anchor Mill for J Duncan,
J Gordon, Tough Bros, J F Robertson and Tay Textiles.
Closed 1981 and converted to units.
Contains antique lift mechanism.