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mill (water) — REDUFF

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Overview

mill (water) — REDUFF is recorded as mill (water) in Monaghan. Mill complex, comprising two-storey corn mill, built c.1800, having three-bay first floor and five-bay ground floor, with lower three-bay two-storey flax mill of c.1890 recessed to west gable end, slightly lower two-bay two-storey grain store to west gable end, and lower two-storey block of two workers' houses having three-bay first floor and five-bay ground floor. Built into slope, buildings having single-storey rear (north) elevation.

Why it was built

The saved account records: Mill complex, comprising two-storey corn mill, built c.1800, having three-bay first floor and five-bay ground floor, with lower three-bay two-storey flax mill of c.1890 recessed to west gable end, slightly lower two-bay two-storey grain store to west gable end, and lower two-storey block of two workers' houses having three-bay first floor and five-bay ground floor.

People and work

The saved account records: Built into slope, buildings having single-storey rear (north) elevation.

How it changed

The saved account records: Pitched slate roofs throughout, with clay ridge tiles and concrete copings to mills and store, and red brick chimneystacks and eaves course to worker's houses, with clay tiles to ridge.

What survives

The saved account records: Rubble stone walls with vestiges of render, and having squared stone quoins, rubble quoins to workers' houses.

Why it mattered

mill (water) — REDUFF matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This complex of related mill structures is representative of the long industrial history of the site, and of the industrial focus of County Monaghan as a whole. Originally built for the processing of flax, the site was converted to corn milling, and the endeavour diversified again in the late nineteenth century with the addition of a flax mill. Although it is no longer in use, it is a notably intact set of structures, retaining significant early form and fabric, including the flax mill water-wheel, which adds technical and contextual interest to the site. The presence of worker's houses completes a fine ensemble… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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