Survey Data
Reg No
13314007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Mill (water)
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
215694, 260749
Date Recorded
16/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached multiple-bay two-storey former corn mill, built c. 1800, now disused. Pitched natural slate roof, now partially collapsed. Roughcast rendered walls with square-headed openings. Timber and iron mill machinery remaining to interior. Former single-storey corn kiln/outbuilding to site, roof absent, random rubble limestone walls with segmental-headed opening having red brick dressings to northeast elevation. Weir to north of site, originally feeding millrace that runs to the east of the mill. Located adjacent to Barry House (13314006), in shared grounds, and to the west of Barry.
Appraisal
This corn mill complex is pleasantly sited on a small stream and retains interesting machinery, of technical interest, to the interior. It probably dates to the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, which was a boom period for the Irish corn milling industry. Although it has long ceased to function the remains are technically important and are part of the industrial heritage of the area. The survival of the millrace, weir and the corn kiln add to the site and provide an interesting historical insight into past industrial processes. In about 1854 (Valuation Office Mill Books) the miller at Barry is listed as one Robert Christie, and the mill land is described as having a garden. The ratable value at this time was £16, making it a small-scale operation. In its heyday the mill would have provided employment for the village of Barry, and it is therefore an integral part of the architectural and social heritage of the area. It forms an interesting pair with Barry House (13314006) adjacent, in shared grounds, to the west.