Survey Data
Reg No
14922011
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Gaybrook Mill
Original Use
Store/warehouse
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1810 - 1840
Coordinates
206768, 217345
Date Recorded
06/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached six-bay two-storey grain store, built c.1820, as part of the mill complex. Now a domestic outbuilding. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with replacement rainwater goods. Random coursed sandstone and limestone walls. Moulded brick surrounds to windows with stone sills and one surviving timber sash window. Slit windows to first floor. Square- and round-headed door openings with brick surrounds and timber battened doors. Segmental-headed carriage arch with brick surround. Kiln to east with pitched corrugated-iron roof and random coursed limestone walls. Now altered. Double-arched road bridge to north-east with random coursed walls and cut stone voussoirs to arches. Part of sluice set in wall to east. Wrought-iron gate to rear of store.
Appraisal
This grain store, with its related structures, forms a significant group of structures associated with a now demolished mill. Despite a change in use, this building retains its original form and much original fabric, with a colourful use of limestone, sandstone and yellow brick making an aesthetically pleasing structure. The other surviving structures further attest to local masonry skill at the time of construction and ensure the complex's contribution to the industrial and architectural heritage of County Offaly.