Survey Data
Reg No
20845013
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical
Previous Name
Mahoney's Mill
Original Use
Store/warehouse
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
161282, 75771
Date Recorded
25/03/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-pile eleven-bay single-storey warehouse, built c.1880, having gable-fronted projecting end-bay to north of front (south-west) elevation and square-profile red brick chimney to rear (north-east). Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and timber bargeboards to gabled end-bay. Rubble sandstone walls. Segmental-headed window openings having red brick sills, voussoirs and block-and-start surrounds throughout, having replacement timber casement windows. Double-height round-headed former carriageway opening to gabled end-bay having painted brick voussoirs and block-and-start surrounds. Recent timber framed windows surmounting timber-glazed doors. Various window openings altered to accommodate recent square-headed door openings. Located within larger mill complex having rubble stone enclosing wall.
Appraisal
An integral part of the former woollen mill complex, established by the Mahoney family in the 1820s. It provided an important source of employment for local people, and expanded and developed throughout the subsequent one hundred and fifty years, until its closure in the 1970s. It retains many notable features and adds colour and textural variations to the surrounding area, while the tapered chimneystack is a particularly notable feature. This fine complex is an important reminder of Blarney's industrial heritage.