HISTORY
Constructed in 1790 by Edmund Savory, the coarse of the River Burn was altered to provide a mill dam sufficient for powering the 4m diameter waterwheel.
The waterwheel drove 3 pairs of mill stones and produced flour continuously for almost 150 years before other, cheaper, forms of production caused production to cease before the second world war. The mill fell into disrepair and was gifted to the National Trust in 1939. In 1959 a serious fire gutted the mill and destroyed most, but not all, of the machinery. The charring to the timber beams can still be seen in some of the rooms in the Water Mill Race.
The waterwheel and pit wheel along with various pulley wheels and hopper outlets still exist in the Water Mill Race room on the ground floor (due to safety this area is not accessible to guests). The mill was rebuilt after the fire under the direction and supervision of Christopher Green who was living in Mill House. The locum was rebuilt (which now serves as the ensuite bathroom to the master bedroom)
The mill remained largely unused for many years after the structure and roof were rebuilt until it was converted into residential accommodation by the National Trust in the early 1990s. Kit Martin CBE was the architect in charge of the building work which won numerous awards at the time.