Survey Data
Reg No
14810031
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
Haughtons Mills
Original Use
Malt house
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
200523, 215738
Date Recorded
04/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached thirteen-bay five-storey former malt house, built c.1800, with brick and concrete extensions to south-east. Now ruinous. Roofs are gone. Random coursed stone walls with stone eave-courses. Brick-arched openings with tooled stone sills to north-west elevation. Segmental-headed integral carriage arches to each end. Timber battened half-door to south east. Square-profiled limestone block gate piers to south-east with wrought-iron and corrugated-iron gates give access to the site.
Appraisal
Despite being in a state of dereliction, the structure of the Bridge Malt House reflects the industrial heritage of the area. Its situation, on the banks of the River Shannon, as well as its connection with associated structures, such as the pier to its east, refer to a time of prosperity when Banagher was considered an important route along the River Shannon.