Mill in Ballyara

Detached three-bay single-storey corn mill, built c.1770, having basement and attic, and tewntieth-century lean-to single-storey open shed to rear. Now derelict. Pitched slate roof with limestone copings to gables. Coursed random rubble limestone walls with cut-stone retaining wall to terrace at front. Square-headed blocked openings with limestone flat arches above, and tooled limestone sills. Set adjacent to stream with single-storey outbuildings to north with corrugated-iron roofs. Curved limestone wheel pit to west, mill stream diverted away.

Mills were important focal points in the local agricultural community and played a key role in the economic prosperity of an area. This mill used water from a mill stream to power the mill wheel which in turn powered the mechanism to grind corn. A simple limestone structure, this mill building retains its vernacular form and character, despite the removal of the milling equipment and the redirecting of the millrace. Although no longer in use as a mill it serves as an important physical reminder of the past industrial processes and represents an integral element of the industrial heritage of the area.