
Overview
mill (water) — Ballinagh is recorded as mill (water) in Cavan. Detached three-bay three-storey corn mill, built c.1860, having projecting gable-fronted bay to front elevation. Rubble stone walls having squared quoins.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached three-bay three-storey corn mill, built c.1860, having projecting gable-fronted bay to front elevation.
People and work
The saved account records: Rubble stone walls having squared quoins.
How it changed
The saved account records: Stone lintels and red brick dressing to window openings having stone sills.
What survives
The saved account records: Freestanding cast-iron mill wheel to east.
Why it mattered
mill (water) — Ballinagh matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This former corn mill is a reminder of industrial legacy of Ballinagh and the surrounding area, and of the local agricultural economy it served in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It appears to be built on the site of an earlier mill complex that is shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1835. Architecturally it typifies the robust and unornamented stone finish and simple plan form characteristic of mill buildings. The variously sized openings and their locations reflect the operating process of milling. The surviving mill wheel is of particular interest and provides insight into the technical aspects of… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
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