Lothianbridge, Craigesk Mill
Paper Mill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lothianbridge, Craigesk Mill
Classification Paper Mill (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Newbattle Mill; Newtongrange; Glenesk
Canmore ID 143958
Site Number NT36SW 48
NGR NT 3265 6479
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Midlothian
- Parish Newbattle
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT36SW 48.00 3265 6479
For Mill owners house see NT36SW 152
NT36SW 48.01 NT 32664 64828 Cottage
NT36SW 48.02 NT 32685 64670 Power Station
NT36SW 48.03 NT 32693 64602 Dam; Weir
At time of visit in 2001, converted to holiday appartments, and operated as part of the business of the neighbouring Lothian Bridge Caravan Park.
Surviving buildings from this former paper mill have been converted into dwellings, including 'Damside Cottage' (NT 3269 6483), and a rectangular-plan single-storeyed poychrome brick block (NT 3270 6482) with gabled roof, coped skews, and chimeys at the top of each gable. At the time of survey in 2001, the site as a whole, which is directly beneath the Newbattle Viaduct, had been converted into a caravan park.
Information from RCAHMS, (MKO) 2001
The remaining buildings are situated on the N bank of the River South Esk at a point where the Dalhousie Burn joins it.
The mill is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Edinburghshire 1854, sheet 13) and the 25-inch of 1894 where it is annotated 'Newbattle Mill (paper) (disused), and shows a much larger complex of buildings than is depicted on the 2nd edition of 1907 through to the Provisional edition of 1932-1938. By the date of the 2nd edition the large house adjacent is annotated 'Glenesk' and by the date of the Revision edition of 1914 this had changed again to 'Craigesk'.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2007