Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill

Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. 1st Spinning-Jenny - detail of standing-frame and carriage.
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Redhouses Mill, Islay. Detail of metal oil-box or 'leaking-can' (11.5 " x 4.75" deep)
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Ground, First and Second Floor Plans showing layout of machinery.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Ground, First and Second Floor Plans showing layout of machinery.
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Redhouses, Woolen Mill, Bridgend, Islay. Perspective details of slubbing-billy. Insc. 'GDH' Titled: 'Slubbing Billy, Woolen Mill, Islay. Sketch details'.
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Redhouses, Woolen Mill, Bridgend, Islay. Perspective details of piecing-machine. Insc. 'GDH' Titled: 'Textile Machinery, Woolen Mill, Islay, sketch details'.
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior View of feeding drive for the carding engine
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior Detail of headstock on spinning jack
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior Detail of headstock on spinning jack
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior View of piecing machine
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior Detailed view of piecing machine mechanism
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior View of milling machine
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Oblique aerial view.
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Islay, Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, first floor. Detail of display. The plaid used in the Hollywood film, Braveheart was woven at this mill.
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Islay, Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, first floor. View of Warping Machine.
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Islay, Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, first floor, staircase. Detail of graffiti in pencil: 'William Christie Sorne Cottage Bridgend Islay 14 February 1922'.
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Islay, Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, ground floor. View of of working Loom.
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Islay, Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, first floor. Detail of Warping Machine.
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Islay, Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, first floor. Detail of Spinning Jenny.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. View of cloth on tenter-frame.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. View of specimen plaid pattern.
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Redhouses Mill, Islay. 1st Spinning-Jenny - detail of roller-weights and knurled-shaft.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Detail of treadle pirn winder on Second Floor.
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Redhouses, Woolen Mill, Bridgend, Islay. Perspective details of piecing-machine. Insc. 'GDH' Titled: 'Textile Machinery, Woolen Mill, Islay, sketch details'.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. View of upper drive shaft.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. View of head of carved walking stick and specimen 'block' prior to shaping.
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Islay, Redhouses Woollen Mill View from SSE showing ESE front of S wing and SSW and ESE fronts of main block
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Islay, Redhouses Woollen Mill View from SE showing ESE front and SSW front of S wing
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior View of piecing machine
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior General view of carding engine
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Oblique aerial view.
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View of mill from south east. Former Waterwheel, Dye and Press House. Main mill building to right of image.
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View of culverted lade under access road.
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Islay, Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, first floor, underside of staircase. Detail of graffiti in pencil: 'first Power Loom May 1936' and 'Tweed Looms April 1938'.
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Islay, Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, first floor. View of bobbin winder.
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Islay Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, first floor. View of end of Spinning Jenny frame.
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill, NR36SE 25, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. View of first Spinning-Jenny (102 spindles).
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Detail of piecing machine, detail of level-gears (carder end) for transmitting shaft-drive to gear train at far end (location C on drawings).
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Detail of two cylinder carding machine, wooden framed.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Detail of wooden framed two cylinder carding machine.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Specimen bed-mat of bed cover (cotton and wool).
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Specimen length of tweed suiting.
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Tenter-frames and wheelbarrow for transporting wet cloth from mill
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Detail of drive mechanism for slubbing-billy
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Redhouses, Woolen Mill, Bridgend, Islay. Perspective details of piecing-machine. Insc. 'GDH' Titled: 'Textile Machinery, Woolen Mill, Islay, sketch details'.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Ground, First and Second Floor Plans showing layout of machinery.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Ground, First and Second Floor Plans showing layout of machinery.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Specimen bed-mat of bed cover (cotton and wool).
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. View of cloth on tenter-frame.
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Islay, Redhouses Woollen Mill View from S showing ESE front of S wing and SSW front of main block
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior View of feeding drive for the carding engine
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior Detail of headstock on spinning jack
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior General view of spinning flat
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior Detailed view of piecing machine mechanism
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior View of carding engine
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior View of dyeing tubs
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Survey drawing; plan of Woolen Mill, Redhouses.
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Oblique aerial view.
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Islay, Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior. Ground floor. Looms. These looms are now electrically operated. The original belt drive shaft with wooden and iron wheel attached to ceiling visible (foreground).
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General view from south west.
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Islay, Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, first floor. Detail of the 'Creel' from which the spun yarn is taken in sections to the warping machine.
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Islay, Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, first floor. View of disused loom. Warp beam in foreground.
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Islay Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, first floor. Detail of Slubbing Billy frame end.
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Islay, Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, first floor. Detail of Spinning Jenny.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. General view of spinning jenny, stubbing billy and power drives.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. View of stair at first floor level.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Detail of cloth press, showing a folded batch (chess) of cloth in position between hot-plates.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Detail of maker's name-plate on piecing machine - 'Rt. Archibald's patent Devonvale. No.6'.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. View of stair at first floor level.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. View from West.
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior General view of carding room
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior View of piecing machine
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Oblique aerial view.
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View of remains of sluice gate adjacent to mill. Lade fed from River Sorn would have driven the waterwheel in the mill.
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View of lade adjacent to woollen mill and fed from the River Sorn. No longer in use. Also served the older carding mill to the south of the woollen mill.
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View of mill from north east.
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View of rebuilt carding mill to south of Bridgend/Redhouses woollen mill. Site of waterwheel on its south wall.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. General view of piecing machine and carder.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Detail of cloth press, showing a folded batch (chess) of cloth in position between hot-plates.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. 1st Spinning-Jenny (102 spindles).
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Redhouses Woolen Mill. Delivery end of piecing machine, showing rolling and piecing mechanism.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Detail of teasing machine or 'willey'.
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Redhouses, Woolen Mill, Bridgend, Islay. General perspective of piecing-machine. Insc. 'GDH' Titled: 'Textile Machinery, Woolen Mill, Islay' 'Piecing Machine'.
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Redhouses, Woolen Mill, Bridgend, Islay. Perspective details of slubbing-billy. Insc. 'GDH' Titled: 'Slubbing Billy, Woolen Mill, Islay. Sketch details'.
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Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. View of 2 cylinder wooden framed carding machine and piecing machine.
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Islay, Redhouses Woollen Mill View from WNW showing NNW front and NW corner of old carding mill
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior View of spinning floor
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior General view of spinning flat
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior Detail of headstock for spinning jack
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior General View of spinning jack
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Islay, Redhouses, Woollen Mill; Interior View of piecing machine
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Oblique aerial view.
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Islay, Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, first floor. Detail of Slubbing Billy.
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View of Mill and river, from south west.
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View of mill from south west of former water wheel house, dye house and press house.
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View of mill from south.
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View of mill lade and remains of sluice gate. Lade fed from River Sorn.
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View of weir from south west.
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Islay, Bridgend/Redhouses Woollen Mill. Interior, first floor. View of disused Spinning Jenny.
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Organisation: Historic Environment Scotland (HES)

Alternative name(s): Bridgend Woollen Mill; River Sorn; Islay Woollen Mill

Canmore ID: 37737

Site type: Woollen Mill (19th Century)

County: Argyll

Parish: Killarow And Kilmeny

Council: Argyll And Bute