Survey Data
Reg No
21900504
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Mill (water)
Date
1820 - 1830
Coordinates
160819, 158565
Date Recorded
16/10/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached L-plan multiple-bay six-storey former corn mill, built in 1824, with extension to west. Now in ruins. Dressed limestone walls having cast-iron patris plates, limestone quoins and red brick flue. Square-headed window openings with cut limestone label mouldings and sills. Pointed arch window openings to south elevation with limestone hoodmoulding to ground floor opening. Cross loop openings to east and west elevations, having limestone surrounds. Remains of internal round-headed door opening to north elevation with brick voussoirs, now partially blocked up. Cut limestone internal spiral staircase. South elevation partially rebuilt c. 1970.
Appraisal
These striking remains of Plassey Mills, situated on the banks of the River Shannon, was built by Robert Hedges Maunsell and later taken over in the 1860s by the Russell family, who were the most prominent millers in Munster at the time. This large former corn mill was built of high quality materials, as illustrated by the limestone dressings such as the label and hoodmouldings, quoins and sills. Prominently sited, the mill presents a striking silhouette within the Limerick landscape and forms a group with the nearby Plassy Bridge.