kiln — COOLA

The saved account records: Corn mill complex, built c.1770 and extended c.1830, comprising main multiple-bay five-storey building on L-shaped plan, four-bay five storey mill and associated ancillary structures including the remains of a corn kiln to west.

The saved account records: Roofs now gone, brick crenellated parapet with limestone coping over to main structure and barrel-vaulted corrugated metal roof to four-bay five-storey structure.

The saved account records: Constructed mainly of rubble limestone with lime render over.

The saved account records: Square-headed window openings remains of timber sliding sash and timber casement windows, cast-iron bars to ground floor windows.

kiln — COOLA matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A substantial mill complex, although largely derelict, which remains a significant and imposing feature in the landscape. It is one of a number of corn mills along the River Brosna in south County Westmeath. This complex acts as a physical reminder of the great boom that took place in the Irish corn milling industry during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century. Corn mills were amongst the biggest building projects in Ireland at the time and Coola Mills would have played a major role in the social and economic history of Kilbeggan during this period. According to local sources, Coola Mill was a small… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.