Survey Data
Reg No
13901841
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Mill (water)
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
306485, 291070
Date Recorded
27/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached multiple-bay two-storey corn mill, built c. 1800, no longer in use. L-plan, single-story stone addition to north, cast-iron and timber wheel to south. Remains of pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles. Random rubble stone walling. Square-headed window openings, some with timber lintels and some with red brick surrounds. Square-headed door openings, timber lintels and timber vertically-sheeted doors. Restored mill house to north, pitched slate roof, squared coursed rubble walling, red brick quoins, square-headed window and door openings, red brick surrounds, uPVC windows and replacement timber door. Quern stone to site provides evidence of earlier activity. Sited to bank of River Dee to south and roadside to north.
Appraisal
The apparent age of this building can be seen in its rubble stone walling and its simple design. Out of use for thirty years, this mill has associations with the local Rathdownell Estate, likely to have been a source of employment for many years. The water wheel has remained in-situ, a rarity to mills found in rural Ireland and a feature worthy of particular note.