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Mill in Cahernamart

Mill (water)
Mill in Cahernamart
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Originally mill (water); recorded by the architectural inventory as apartment/flat (converted)
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Detached ten-bay[?] three-storey mill with half-attic, extant 1838, with fourteen-bay[?] full-height rear (north-west) elevation. In use, 1924. Renovated, 1995, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rooflights to rear (north-west) pitch, and uPVC rainwater…

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Detached ten-bay[?] three-storey mill with half-attic, extant 1838, with fourteen-bay[?] full-height rear (north-west) elevation. In use, 1924. Renovated, 1995, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rooflights to rear (north-west) pitch, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on cut-limestone eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered repointed coursed rubble limestone walls with cut- or hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Series of ten camber-headed carriageways with repointed tooled cut-limestone voussoirs framing replacement fittings. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with rough hewn limestone lintels framing replacement fittings. Set in relandscaped grounds.
A mill representing an important component of the industrial architectural heritage of Westport.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31212078

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  • Sportsfile, via Connaught Telegraph; individual photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
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