History of The Old Sawmill
A&R Brownlie is a family-owned firm
ARB Developments is a
division of A&R Brownlie Ltd
A&R Brownlie's enduring success owes much to the foresight and business
acumen of its original founders, brothers Alexander and Robert Brownlie,
who took over their uncle's small timber business in Carluke in 1848. When
the railways made it possible to source timber from previously remote areas
the prospect of timber from the Earl of Haddington's estate at Mellerstain
brought the brothers to the village of Earlston in 1858. A sawmill was operational
by the following year. Next ![]()