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Former corn and saw mill complex, now in residential use. It is dated 1707, but was probably rebuilt in the 19th century. On the 1st edition OS map (1860), it is shown as being made up of a complex of eight buildings of various plans and sizes, including a saw mill shown to the South along with a well, and a circular building close to it (NO34274 35810), possibly a horse mill. The mill lade runs through the building complex, with Dronley Burn directly to the South. On the 2nd edition OS map (1900), the smaller outbuildings have gone, and the buildings to the North-West have been combined into one U-plan building, open to the South. A rectangular building is shown to the South-East of this, and an irregular building to the South again. The circular possible horse mill is at the Eastern end of this building. The saw mill is no longer described as such on this map, and the well is also no longer shown. Presently, the rectangular building remains as the most complete building. The U-plan building is now roofless, and there are sections of wall that probably make up the irregular building to the South of it. To the West is a small rectangular building with a mono-pitched roof. On the bank of Dronley Burn is a small rectangular gabled building with an off-centre entrance to the East gable end, with an oculus within the gable. The rectangular building that is complete is a two-storey rubble-built building, with a single-storey harled extension to the West. The South elevation has three windows to the ground floor with two gabled dormers breaking the wallhead at the first floor, and there is a door and window to the single-storey section. There are two windows to the two-storey section on the North elevation, one at the ground floor and one at the first floor. There are also two irregularly sized windows to the single-storey section. On the West elevation of one of the remains of the buildings is a wheel chamber and a stone inscribed 'AD 1707 IM'. A quatrefoil in one of the South gables may be re-used from Auchterhouse Parish church (NO33NW0011), circa 1.5 miles to the North, when it underwent alterations in 1775. The mill lade to the North-West is still visible.
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NO33NW0030 - DRONLEY MILL