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Mill in Drumin

Mill (water)
Mill in Drumin
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Originally mill (water); recorded by the architectural inventory as museum/gallery
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Detached five-bay, two-storey former corn mill, built c. 1820, now in use as museum. Rectangular-plan, two-storey return to north-west, timber water wheel to east gable. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge and hip tiles, aluminium gutters. Coursed rubble limestone walling. Square-headed window openings, red brick voussoirs,…

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Detached five-bay, two-storey former corn mill, built c. 1820, now in use as museum. Rectangular-plan, two-storey return to north-west, timber water wheel to east gable. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge and hip tiles, aluminium gutters. Coursed rubble limestone walling. Square-headed window openings, red brick voussoirs, block-and-start surrounds, sills, timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening, red brick voussoirs, block-and-start surround, dressed limestone plinth, timber vertically sheeted door. Two-storey stable building to west, pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, coursed limestone rubble walling, square-headed window openings, red brick block-and-start surrounds and sills, two-over-two timber casement windows, square-headed door opening, red brick surround timber vertically sheeted half-door. Located on outskirts of Dunleer, beside private dwelling c. 1940, accessed by unpaved road from main road, open to the public, acting as museum of milling.
The White River Mill represents a fascinating survivor of early industrial heritage. Situated beside the weir, White River Mill utilised water power to drive the wheel which is still visible today. Its survival makes a positive contribution to the architectural heritage of Dunleer.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 13830009

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