Ettrick Mill

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Ettrick Mill
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Ettrick Mill is a former watermill in the Scottish town of Selkirk in the Scottish Borders Council Area . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

history

In 1819, James and Henry Brown opened a spinning mill in Galashiels . With the construction of the Ettrick Mill in 1835, they moved their headquarters to Selkirk. In 1850, the size of the Ettrick Mill was doubled. The company's yarns were awarded gold medals at the Great Exhibition 1851 and at other trade fairs in Europe, America and India. After the death of James Brown, his sons opened the Buckhom Mill in Galashiels, while Henry Brown and subsequently his sons continued manufacturing in Selkirk until 1883. The Scotch Tweed Manufacturing Society continued production until the Scottish Wholesale Cooperative Society operated the mill as the Ettrick Tweed and Blanket Mill from 1895 . In 1962, Ettrick and Yarrow Spinners converted the Ettrick Mill to exclusively produce yarn. In 1989 the old buildings were given up, but operations continued in a hall built in 1968.

In 2008, parts of the vacant Ettrick Mill, which is the most imposing factory building in Selkirk and the largest multi-story mill in the Scottish Borders, were added to the register of endangered listed buildings in Scotland. In 2012, their condition was classified as poor and at the same time as moderate.

description

The Ettrick Mill is located in the industrial area of ​​Selkirk, west of the small town. It consists of a four-storey main building with a basement with two loft floors and numerous external buildings. Two short wings protrude from the elongated main building on the sides, creating a U-shaped floor plan. The east-facing front is 21 axes wide with three additional axes on each wing. The central axis is designed with triplet windows and a Venetian window in the simple triangular gable . The lintels of the Venetian and the two flanking windows show the inscription MDCCCXXXVI JB ETTRICK MILL HB MDCCCL . A clock is set above the Venetian window. The back of the building is 28 axes wide. While the walls are made along the front side of stone blocks of various sizes, was at the rear of quarry stone used. In the final slate roof gable roof two rows of plain roof windows are inserted. The system was operated by three water wheels and a 400 hp steam engine.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b c Entry on Ettrick Mill  in Canmore, the Historic Environment Scotland database (English)
  3. ↑ Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk

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Coordinates: 55 ° 33 ′ 16.3 "  N , 2 ° 50 ′ 20"  W.