Dronley Mill

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 26/08/1992 Local Authority Angus Planning Authority Angus Parish Auchterhouse NGR NO 34241 35846 Coordinates 334241, 735846 — Dated 1707, probably rebuilt 19th century. Single storey, irregular plan, partially ruined remains of corn mill built on falling ground. Rubble and ashlar masonty, ashlar dressings, slate roof. W ELEVATION: wheel chamber at centre (roof removed), ashlar courses at base with stone inscribed 'AD 1707 IM', spindle of wheel; slightly recessed bay at left with opening and projecting wall, later mono-pitch gable built on earlier projecting remains on higher ground at far left; advanced bay at right of wheel chamber with 2 irregular openings. S ELEVATION: gable at left with door, quatrefoil at attic, roof raised approximately 1 metre, advanced from main mill building which is roofless and reduced in height; reduced bay advanced at right with remains of circular building adjoining. E ELEVATION: most of main building removed, walls to S and E reduced in height, 2 adjoining mono-pitch roofed sheds at right. — The quatrefoil on the south gable may have been removed from Auchterhouse church when that building underwent extensive alterations in 1775.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.