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Brodie Avenue, DUMFRIES, DG2 7ED

Rosefield Mill is an ornate Mill which stands opposite to Dock park, on the banks of the Nith. Although derelict it is beautiful. From RCAHMS Rosefield Mill, built 1886-94 for Charteris Spence and Co., architect Alan Crombie. Two large 2-storey ranges of red-brick buildings, with single-storey workshops behind. The more ornate is a 3- by 22-bay block with machicolated corner towers and a central device. The other is a 9- by 34-bay structure with Italianate corner towers. Both have round-headed windows in the upper floors. There are 2 fine octagonal chimneys. Built as a tweed mill, now in multiple occupation. J R Hume 1976. Rosefield Mills, Troqueer Road. Massive woollen mill by Alan B Crombie, 1885-9, all of red brick with sandstone dressings. J Gifford 1996.

Footpath which runs beside the River Nith in Dumfries.

This imposing building beside the River Nith was part of a large tweed mill, in 1906 over 700 people were employed here (history of tweed manufacturing in Nithsdale - see Future Museum http://futuremuseum.co.uk/collections/life-work/key-industries/textiles/tweed-manufacturing-in-nithsdale.aspx ). Production changed to military cloth during the First World War, after which the company failed to compete in the new markets and did not survive the Depression (see Dumfries Museum http://www.dumfriesmuseum.demon.co.uk/dumfstory06.html ). The site passed into multiple occupation, the main building has been deteriorating over a number of years and appears to be unoccupied - see Image . Aerial photos showing the extent of the mill in 1928 can be seen on Canmore http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/68566/details/dumfries+troqueer+road+rosefield+mills/