mill (water)

Mill complex, extant 1770, including (north): Attached four-bay three-storey mill with half-attic on a rectangular plan. Closed, 1960. Now in ruins. Roof now missing with no rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves. Ivy-covered coursed rubble stone walls with cast-iron pattress tie plates. Square-headed window openings with rough hewn timber lintels framing wrought iron bars; (south): Attached three-bay three-storey mill on a rectangular plan. Closed, 1960. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves. Lime rendered or roughcast coursed rubble stone walls with cast-iron pattress tie plates. Square-headed window openings with timber lintels framing timber fittings having square glazing bars. Set in shared grounds on a corner site.

A mill complex erected by or granted to Captain George Jackson (1700-70) representing an integral component of the industrial heritage of County Offaly. NOTE: A stone head, its tongue protruding slightly from a beaded mouth, is believed to be a corbel reclaimed from the nearby Ballyboy Castle [RMP OF031-015001-] or the nearby Ballyboy Church [RMP OF031-044001-].