Basic Site Details

Name: Fernie Mill and farm
Town, district or village: Monimail
City or county: Fife
Country: Scotland
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Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 2Mill  
Item 2 of 2Farm  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 41844  Repairs and alterations to mill, kiln, lades and sluices
Item 2 of 41864  Farm steading
Item 3 of 41911  Farmhouse
Item 4 of 41930(?)  Row of three cottar houses at Fernie Mills

People

Design and Construction

The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 8Archibald Mitchell  1844 Repairs and alterations to mill, kiln, lades and sluices - with W Sinclair & Co, millwrights
Item 2 of 8George Rae  1864(?) Farm steading? - unclear whether early refs in Gillespie & Scott list are to Rae or to Hugh Birrell (it is not yet known whether George Smith Birrell, whose practice was taken over by Gillespie, took over his father's practice or that of Rae)
Item 3 of 8Hugh Birrell  1864(?) Farm steading? - unclear whether early refs in Gillespie & Scott list are to Birrell or George Rae (it is not yet known whether George Smith Birrell, whose practice was taken over by Gillespie, took over his father's practice or that of Rae)
Item 4 of 8Gillespie & Scott A1911 New farmhouse(?)
Item 5 of 8James Ross Gillespie A1911 New farmhouse(?)
Item 6 of 8James Scott A1911 New farmhouse(?)
Item 7 of 8Gillespie & Scott B1930 Row of three cottar houses at Fernie Mills
Item 8 of 8James Scott B1930 Row of three cottar houses at Fernie Mills

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
 NameNotes
Item 1 of 1BAlfour, of FernieFor 1911 work

References

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 2National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO)Sheriff Court Records SC 20/44/6, pp274-6
Item 2 of 2St Andrews University LibraryJames Gillespie and Scott Archive Bundles nos 291, 1141, 2312