The first Cotton Spinning Mill in Johnstone was feued to Corse, Wilson, Burns and King in 1782.
The mill closed in 1896 but didn't stay empty for too long.

Following a devastating fire at their works in Clark street William Paton moved production to the old mill and stayed there for the next 100 years.

The Old Mill was the oldest surviving cotton mill in Scotland until it was destroyed by fire in 2010.