Survey Data
Reg No
20830053
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Distillery
In Use As
Heritage centre/interpretative centre
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
188490, 73457
Date Recorded
28/09/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Attached gable-fronted nine-bay four-storey former distillery, built c. 1830, now in use as heritage centre. Hipped slate roof with canopy to front (west) elevation. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed openings having brick relieving arches, some with timber fittings, some with replacement casement windows. Square-headed openings to north elevation second and third floors having brick block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills, and timber fittings. Those to first and ground floors having replacement casement windows. Camber-headed opening to north elevation having brick block-and-start surround and timber battened door. Round-headed integral carriage arches to south elevation having brick block-and-start surrounds and replacement doors.
Appraisal
This imposing former distillery has been converted to a new use, as a heritage centre. Sympathetically restored, it retains some early fabric such as the brick dressings and fenestration rhythm. The Jameson Distillery was an important local employer and had a substantial impact on social and economic development in the town.