Survey Data
Reg No
50070324
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
John Jameson and Son
Original Use
Kiln
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1890 - 1900
Coordinates
314789, 234452
Date Recorded
27/09/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Two freestanding circular-plan industrial kilns, built c.1895, now having a circulation function within visitors centre c.1998. Cylindrical form. Brown brick laid in stretcher bond having whitewash externally. Recent openings having steel lintels.
Appraisal
These former kilns associated with the Jameson Distillery are surviving fragments of the site's industrial past, now forming a centrepiece within the visitors centre. The well constructed brickwork has ensured their survival as a reminder of a once thriving industry with an important social and economic role in the surrounding area from the late nineteenth century until the 1970s.