Survey Data
Reg No
20841009
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Mill (water)
Historical Use
Soup kitchen
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
111871, 33821
Date Recorded
01/04/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Attached seven-bay three-storey mill, built c.1830, with three-bay four-storey east elevation, later two-bay two-storey extension to west elevation and recent extensions to south-west and south. Now disused. Pitched slate roofs. Roughly coursed rubble stone walls. Rendered walls to east. Square-headed openings with timber battened shutters and iron bars, having slate and render sills. Remains of loading equipment to west end of third storey. Square-headed door openings with iron lintels, sheet steel and double-leaf timber doors to north and east elevations.
Appraisal
This building's striking appearance contributes greatly to this busy streetscape and to the industrial heritage of the town. It is a prominent historical and social landmark having functioned as a soup kitchen during the Irish Famine.