Survey Data
Reg No
13830009
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Mill (water)
In Use As
Museum/gallery
Date
1810 - 1830
Coordinates
306176, 287474
Date Recorded
07/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay, two-storey former corn mill, built c. 1820, now in use as museum. Rectangular-plan, two-storey return to north-west, timber water wheel to east gable. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge and hip tiles, aluminium gutters. Coursed rubble limestone walling. Square-headed window openings, red brick voussoirs, block-and-start surrounds, sills, timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening, red brick voussoirs, block-and-start surround, dressed limestone plinth, timber vertically sheeted door. Two-storey stable building to west, pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, coursed limestone rubble walling, square-headed window openings, red brick block-and-start surrounds and sills, two-over-two timber casement windows, square-headed door opening, red brick surround timber vertically sheeted half-door. Located on outskirts of Dunleer, beside private dwelling c. 1940, accessed by unpaved road from main road, open to the public, acting as museum of milling.
Appraisal
The White River Mill represents a fascinating survivor of early industrial heritage. Situated beside the weir, White River Mill utilised water power to drive the wheel which is still visible today. Its survival makes a positive contribution to the architectural heritage of Dunleer.