Edrington Castle Mill, Edrington

2 storey with attic, 4-bay, rectangular-plan former flour mill with lower, 3-bay, L-plan wing adjoined to side. Harl-pointed rubble sandstone (weathered in part); tooled rubble dressings. Tooled quoins and long and short surrounds to openings; flush cills. Grey slate roof to principal block; pantiled roof to lower block (missing in part); stone-coped skews. Noted in the OS Name Book as '...a large, rectangular built flour mill on the left bank of the Whiteadder. This mill is modern but is supposed to occupy the same position as the mill belonging to the castle of Edrington commonly called the Cawmills...'. No longer in use and in state of disrepair 1999. The NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNT records how the water wheel '...not only drives the mill, but also a thrashing machine, situated upwards 500ft above it, by means of a shaft 600ft long which runs through a tunnel in the rock above.' The mill lade is still in place and although not used since 1937, the building is particularly notable for having retained much of its original machinery. The plaque on the front elevation records the level to which it was submerged during the flood of August 12th 1948. Owned by Cawderstanes House (1999). Although in poor condition, the mill's early date, substantial size and machinery render it a particularly notable structure. (Historic Scotland)

September 2000: A member of the public brings the building to the attention of the Buildings at Risk Service. The mill was vacated in 1948 following floords. The owner, a Mr Michael J. E. Thornhill, would not be prepared to sell. External inspection reveals it to be in poor condition and unsecured.

September 2009: External inspection reveals that the building is vacant and unsecured. The slate and pantiled roofs have been replaced with corrugated metal since the building was listed in 1999. The masonry appears to be crumbling at the gable-head of the south-west elevation.

September 2011: External inspection finds no significant change from the previous site visit.