Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Balmoral Grist Mill
Tatamagouche, Colchester, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- museum, mill
- Year built
- 1874
- Decade built
- 1870-1879
- Notice of registration date
- 26 March 2009
- Civic address
- 660 Matheson Brook Road
- Community
- Tatamagouche
- County
- Colchester
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.64515, -63.19478
- File number
- Prov_file_273
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1878 map "Pictou Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1878 · Pictou Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Colchester, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Pictou, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Cumberland, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · Counties of Queens and Kings, Prince Edward Island (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
its original location on Matheson Brook; it's a stable building that has been converted to a reception centre; two and a half storey post and beam construction of the main mill building, with shingle clad exterior and gable wooden shingle roof; kiln building and attached shed, which both have shed style sloped roofs with wooden shingles on exterior walls and roof; wooden six over six windows; large brick chimney on kiln building; stone and mortar foundation under mill building; waterwheel on mill building (originally the mill was powered by a turbine wheel); dam to provide water for water wheel; original equipment in the mill for processing grain; and walking trails highlighting the topography and geology of the surrounding area, which has remained relatively unchanged since the period of operation of the mill.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the mill building include:
- location directly beside Matheson Brook;
- two-and-one-half storey wood-frame construction;
- wooden shingle cladding;
- gable roof with wooden shingles;
- wooden six-over-six windows;
- replica wooden waterwheel, designed based on remains of a waterwheel thought to have belonged to another MacKay mill;
- all original and historic milling equipment including millstones and hopper;
- stone and mortar foundation.
Character-defining elements of the kiln building include:
- sloping, shed-style roof with wooden shingles;
- wooden shingle cladding.
Character-defining elements of the property as a whole include:
- heavily treeded surroundings;
- man-made dam;
- walking trails;
- bridge over the dam.