1750–1799
Late eighteenth-century windmill built
Edgehead, The Old Windmill was built as a late eighteenth-century windmill.
Site overview
Edgehead, The Old Windmill stands near Edgehead in the parish of Cranston. It was a late eighteenth-century windmill set on high ground and later converted for domestic use. The building is also known as Windmill House.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Edgehead, The Old Windmill is a former windmill at Edgehead in Midlothian. The tower stood on high ground where it would have been exposed to winds from several directions before later woodland growth changed the setting. The windmill is of late eighteenth-century date and was later converted into a dwelling known as Windmill House.
A further domestic extension was added in the twentieth century. The site preserves the former windmill tower as part of a residential building, but no detailed machinery description, ownership sequence, working chronology, or final windmill operating date has been established.
Timeline
1894
Windmill recorded on mapping
Edgehead, The Old Windmill was recorded as a windmill site on nineteenth-century mapping.
1955
Domestic extension added
The former windmill had been converted to domestic use, with a western extension added in 1955.
Sources and records
Trove / Canmore place record; Midlothian Historic Environment Record; Historic Environment Scotland listed building record; Scottish Windmills list