Survey Data
Reg No
14932002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Mill (water)
Date
1790 - 1830
Coordinates
222587, 213587
Date Recorded
18/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached multi-bay two- and three-storey former corn mill, built c.1810, with former miller's house and outbuildings to south. Built into the side of the valley sweeping down to the Silver River. Pitched slate roof to former miller's house. Random rubble walls with sandstone quoins. Roughcast rendered walls to miller's house. Centrally located internal water wheel. Square-headed window openings with stone lintels. Timber sash and casement windows to miller's house. Square-headed door openings and carriage arch openings. Random coursed stone outbuildings with carriage arch openings adjacent to former miller's house with date 1868 to date stone. Remains of mill race survive. Separate access to mill and miller's house from road. Mill stones survive on site.
Appraisal
Ballinacarrig Mills survive as a reminder of the industrial heritage of the area and contributes to the architectural heritage of County Offaly. The mill forms part of an interesting group of related buildings with the associated outbuildings, mill race, Ballinacarrig Bridge and the former miller's house which was lived in until recent years. The mill stones survive on site as decorative features and are important elements of the mill complex. Of particular note are the outbuildings adjacent to the miller's house. Though in poor condition they retain their roof and a carved date plaque over a doorway reveals their date of construction as 1868. The mill complex was built into the valley sloping down to the Silver River. This resulted in the miller's house and outbuildings being accessed from a height above the mill yard.