Boyne Mill

Detached two-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1850, no longer in use. Square-plan. Hipped slate roof, lead-capped ridge and hips, moulded stone corbelled eaves course on stone corbels. Rock-faced ashlar limestone walling to south elevation, random rubble stone walling to north and east, rock-faced block-and-start quoins to north-east corner, finely tooled chamfered limestone plinth; remains of stone gate pier attached to south-east corner. Round-headed tripartite window openings to south elevation, tooled limestone pilasters flank openings, tooled limestone archivolt, prominent keystones, tooled limestone sills, windows now blocked by corrugated-sheeting; segmental-headed window opening to north elevation, tooled limestone kneed-architrave, prominent keystone, stone sill, window missing. Round-headed door openings to north and south elevations, tooled ashlar limestone surround, curving reveals and soffits, prominent keystones, painted timber vertically-sheeted door to north elevation, fanlight missing, door to south now blocked by corrugated-sheeting. Street fronted, over-grown site to west and north-west.

This handsome gate lodge once served as the entrance to a cotton weaving mill and later a saw mill. The elaborate moulded windows and door surrounds, reminiscent of classical architecture, give the modest building artistic merit. The rusticated stonework and other dressed stone details add to the buildings architectural interest and aesthetic character and although no longer in use, the building is a rich component of Drogheda's architectural heritage.