Lornty Mill, Blairgowrie

2 storey mill on irregularly falling ground, dated 1755 on the lintel though dated to 1814 in Macdonald's History of Blairgowrie. The present piend roof is probably later in date. The mill remains one of a group of flax and jute mills dispersed on either side of the River Ericht, all originally driven by water wheels. It is entered at first floor level, though the interior is now gutted save for the remains of a Turnbull Junior and Sons water turbine. (Historic Scotland)

Blairgowrie was long a centre of extensive hand loom and hand-spinning industry before construction of the Meikle Mill on the River Ericht, 1798. From then the abundant free power of the river and Lornty Burn spawned a new rash of linen and jute mills with associated owners' houses. Lornty Mill is thought to have been built for David Grimond. (N Haynes)

The Grimond family occupied a lint mill on Lornty Burn, Charles Grimond was granted £15 in 1803 to repair the lint mill of Lornty and build a shed. This mill was almost certainly the one in which David Grimond, a millwright by trade, installed four spinning frames in 1814. (John Shaw)

June 1990: External inspection reveals the mill to be uninhabited and run down, though wind and watertight. It is currently used for storage. January 2000: No change reported.

September 2009: External inspection finds the mill to remain derelict. The roof is mossy in parts. Many panes of glass have been smashed.

6 February 2014: External inspection finds part of the roof has collapsed with slipped slates evident elsewhere and windows are broken. The building remains disused.

14 February 2022: A member of the public contacts BARR to advise of a partial roof collapse.