Building record MAB27244 - MILL OF FOVERAN
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Summary
Former corn and meal mill and millhouse.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (B) 9169
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 9722 2399 (801m by 107m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ92SE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Foveran |
Type and Period (9)
- MILL (Post Medieval - 1561 AD to 1899 AD)
- MILL HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1561 AD to 1899 AD)
- CROSS (Post Medieval - 1561 AD to 1899 AD)
- DAM (Post Medieval - 1561 AD to 1899 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1561 AD to 1899 AD)
- Steading (Post Medieval - 1561 AD to 1899 AD)
- DATE STONE (Post Medieval - 1561 AD to 1899 AD)
- BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1561 AD to 1899 AD)
- LEAT (Post Medieval - 1561 AD to 1899 AD)
Full Description
Former corn and meal mill and millhouse. The mill has an 18th century datestone, now detached, and has been raised in height but is now gutted of workings. The millhouse, to the north, (Category B-listed) is early 17th century, dated at the northwest skew (1609), and was formerly a girnal (granary). Original openings, where surviving, are in sandstone, chamfered and barred. Straight skews with St Andrews crosses in sunk relief at the skewputts. The mid-19th century remodelling added dormers, a central door with steps (on east elevation) and a consoled cornice at attic floor level which forms a gutter. Single-storey cottages attached to the south. A further single-storey building lies to the west, possibly a worker’s cottage or bothy with steading, depicted on the 1st edition OS map with a small enclosed garden to the south. The remains of the lade and dam are located along the south bank of the burn and continue under the road to the west. Survey of the lade was carried out by Headland Archaeology in 2012 ahead of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. The lade did not carry water at the time of the survey, and the western part of was largely obscured by vegetation. The eastern end, where it is channelled between an outbuilding and the road, survives as a rough ditch 0.3 - 0.35 m deep and between 0.4 m and 1 m wide, revetted with stone in places.
Period Notes
Dated skew on house 1609; mill datestone 1720.
Listed Category B since 16/04/1971
Author unknown, 1918, Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 19/04/1918 (Bibliographic reference). SAB40.
GALLAGHER, D.B., 1994, ASSESSMENT A92 BALMEDIE TO TIPPERTY (Bibliographic reference). SAB673.
ASSESSMENT
SHEPHERD, I.A.G.S., 2006, DONSIDE & STRATHBOGIE: ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE, p212 (Bibliographic reference). SAB3366.
HEADLAND ARCHAEOLOGY, 2012, A90 BALMEDIE TO TIPPERTY SCHEME TOPOGRAPHIC AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEYS, Survey report (Bibliographic reference). SAB4434.
SDD, n.d., BLDS OF ARCH & HIST INTEREST, FOVERAN 5 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1827.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- HES Listed Building Number: 9169;
- NMR Card Number: NJ92SE10;
- NRHE Numlink: 20386;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ92SE0008;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB9169 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/20386 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SAB1827 Bibliographic reference: SDD. n.d.. BLDS OF ARCH & HIST INTEREST. FOVERAN 5.
- --- SAB3366 Bibliographic reference: SHEPHERD, I.A.G.S.. 2006. DONSIDE & STRATHBOGIE: ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE. N. p212.
- --- SAB40 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. 1918. Aberdeen Weekly Journal. 19/04/1918.
- --- SAB4434 Bibliographic reference: HEADLAND ARCHAEOLOGY. 2012. A90 BALMEDIE TO TIPPERTY SCHEME TOPOGRAPHIC AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEYS. Survey report.
- --- SAB673 Bibliographic reference: GALLAGHER, D.B.. 1994. ASSESSMENT A92 BALMEDIE TO TIPPERTY.
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Record last edited
Aug 4 2025 9:55AM
