Freuchie Mill

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Building summary
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Name Freuchie Mill
Address Freuchie
Postcode KY15 7JL
Other names
Date 1840
Architect
OS grid ref NO 28988 06608
Latitude & longitude 56°14′48″N 3°08′51″W

Freuchie Mill is a former water mill about half a mile to the east of Freuchie, now converted to residential accommodation.

HES listing details[1]
Reference: LB8820 Date: 22/10/1984 Category: C
Address/Site Name

Freuchie Mill

Description

Dated HM.CM.EM 1840 with stone from older mill HM 1762 above. Large 4-storey cornmill with 5-storey kiln having pyramidal roof. Whinstone with freestone dressings, piended slate and pantile roofs, wheel removed and much altered and added to lately.

Statement of special interest

Impressive but much spoiled.

Previous uses

Corn Mill

Further references

"Dated 1840. Four-storey cornmill with a five-storey pyramid-roofed kiln, the whinstone masonry making it a dark presence. Beside it, the harled C18 miller's house, now garages."[2]

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