
What is recorded here
Freestanding single-bay three-stage cylindrical windmill tower, dated –37; extant 1840, on a circular plan. Decommissioned, 1900[?]. Disused, 1903. Now in ruins. Roof now missing. Coursed rubble stone walls retaining sections of lime rendered or roughcast surface finish. Square-headed opposing door openings with rough hewn rubble stone lintels. Square-headed window openings (upper stages) with rough hewn rubble stone lintels. Interior in ruins. Set back from road in unkempt grounds.
The shell of a windmill tower representing an integral component of the eighteenth-century industrial heritage of County Wexford [SMR WX042-077----]. Furthermore, an adjacent grain store (1882) continues to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a neat self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a rural street scene.
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