1750–1799
Late eighteenth-century windmill built
Mouswald Grange Former Windmill Tower was built in the late eighteenth century as a large circular tower windmill.
Site overview
Mouswald Grange Former Windmill Tower is a large late eighteenth-century circular tower windmill. It is four storeys high, steeply battered and rubble-built, with red ashlar dressings. A kiln and former granary adjoin the tower, and the original cap, sails and machinery have gone.
Map
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History
Mouswald Grange Former Windmill Tower, Kiln Block And North East Range Of Steading is a former windmill tower at Mouswald Grange in Dumfries and Galloway. The windmill was built in the late eighteenth century as a large circular, steeply battered, four-storey rubble tower. It later formed part of an agricultural steading complex, with a former kiln and granary adjoining.
The original windcap and sails were replaced by a shallow conical slate roof, and the internal machinery was removed. The windmill remained in working use into the early twentieth century and had stopped working by about 1925. The building was listed on 3 August 1971.
No full ownership sequence or complete machinery inventory has been established.
Timeline
1925
Windmill working ended
Mouswald Grange windmill had stopped working by about 1925.
1971
Listed building designation
Mouswald Grange Former Windmill Tower, Kiln Block And North East Range Of Steading was listed on 3 August 1971.
Sources and records
Historic Environment Scotland listed building record; Trove / Canmore place record; Scottish Windmills list; Historic Ordnance Survey mapping