Survey Data
Reg No
13307010
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical
Previous Name
Richmond Distillery
Original Use
Mill manager's house
In Use As
Apartment/flat (converted)
Date
1770 - 1790
Coordinates
206167, 275787
Date Recorded
16/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay three-storey mill manager's house associated with Richmond Mill/Distillery (13307011), built c. 1780. Later a ruin (2005) and now converted to apartments. Roof now collapsed, originally hipped to the northwest end and pitched to the southeast end, adjoining mill. Pair of central red brick chimneystacks and cut stone eaves course. Rendered rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills. Original fittings now removed. Central round-headed doorway to the northeast elevation, fittings now removed. Set back from road in shared grounds with the former Richmond Distillery/Mill, attached to mill by southeast gable. Boundary wall and gateway (13307009) to the east/northeast. Located to the northwest end of Cloondara.
Appraisal
Although gutted and roofless (2005), this building forms an important part of the former Richmond Mill/Distillery (13307011) complex. The symmetry and the round-headed doorway display a conscious architectural design. This building is unusually large for a mill manager’s house, which is probably indicative of the profitability of Richmond Distillery/Mill during its heyday in the late-eighteenth and the nineteenth century. It was probably constructed shortly after the mill was built, c. 1771. It provides a significant architectural contribution to the streetscape of Cloondara, forming a pleasing group with the distillery/mill.