Lickbla House

Former corn and flax mill complex, built c.1790 and extended c.1840, comprises detached and attached multi-bay two and three-storey buildings, arranged around a courtyard to the rear (east) of Lickbla House (15400305). No longer in use as a mill complex. Pitched natural slate roofs with overhanging eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Built of coursed rubble limestone with evidence of early lime render to some sections of walling. Red brick dressings to the openings. Square-headed openings with remains of diamond pane cast-iron windows and timber battened doors. Segmental-headed carriages arches with replacement timber double doors. Set back from road in mature grounds. Rubble limestone gate piers on circular plan having wrought-iron double gates give access to site from the west. Rubble limestone boundary walls to road frontage (northwest). Double-arched rubble limestone bridge over tailrace to the east.

An appealing and substantial former corn and flax mill complex, which retains early fabric and massing despite being no longer in use. The construction using local rubble limestone, in combination with the red brick dressings to the openings, creates an attractive appearance. The proximity of this complex to Lickbla House (15400304) suggests that it may have been built by the owner of this fine dwelling. The former mill race, the vernacular gate piers and gates, the boundary wall, the double-arched bridge and the picturesque former mill race complete the setting of this good composition. This complex dates to the late eighteenth/early nineteenth-century, a period in which there was a great boom in the Irish milling industry. Although this complex is now derelict, it remains an important physical reminder of this prosperity and remains an important element of the industrial and economic history of the area.