Mill House in Garranlea, County Tipperary

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Detached three-storey two-bay former mill and slightly-recessed two-bay former miller's house, built c.1810, having porch to end bay of house and with castellated walls adjoining east elevation. Now in use as house. Half-hipped slate roof, that of house being slightly lower to front, with rendered chimneystacks and terracotta ridge tiles. Pitched slate roof to porch, with gables over side windows. Rendered walls with roughly dressed limestone and sandstone quoins, with slate-hanging to rear wall. Square-headed window openings throughout with limestone sills, having timber sliding sash windows, being three-over-three pane to second floor, six-over-six pane to first floor of former mill, double two-over-two pane to ground floor. Twelve-over-eight pane window to first floor front and rear of former miller's house. Segmental-headed opening to porch with carved limestone surround having timber panelled double-leaf door with spoked fanlight. Segmental-headed window openings to sides of porch having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills. Castellated roughcast render over coursed rubble limestone boundary walls to south having Tudor-arch pedestrian entrance with brick voussoirs. Ruined structure to north. Single-bay single-storey outbuilding to south having pitched slate roof and roughcast rendered walls with segmental-headed carriage arch to centre.

This former mill and miller's house retains its form and structure, as well as many interesting features, such as the slate- hanging to rear and the tooled limestone sills. These features serve as a reminder of the high quality and skill of nineteenth-century craftsmen and stonemasons. The house is unusual as the entrance is located at the end bay instead of the more standard central placing. The porch provides a decorative focus to the building with its delicately finished spoked fanlight and carved limestone surround. The site retains its partly castellated boundary walls which add interest to the setting of the house.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 22206812

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