Creamery in Ballyan

Detached three-bay two-storey former creamery, built c. 1900, having porch to front (north) elevation, five-bay single-storey extension to east and single-bay single-storey extension to rear (south) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof to east extension with cast-iron roof lights. Half-hipped slate roof to porch. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings having four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening beyond porch with timber panelled door. Pair of round-profile rubble limestone piers to north with rubble cappings and rubble limestone boundary walls with rubble limestone cappings.

This former creamery, despite a change of use, retains much of its original form including features such as the timber sash windows. The building is simply designed and evenly proportioned, which is typical of the type found in smaller rural towns. It is strategically located on a road next to a river, bridge and former mill with easy access for creamery carts. The creamery is an important structure in the locality, having served as a meeting place and a social centre.