
Overview
Niervale Mill — Ballmacarbry is recorded as miller's house in Waterford. Detached two-bay two-storey mill owner’s house, c.1850, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to right ground floor and three-bay single-storey wing to south-east continuing into single-bay single-storey end bay to south-east. Extensively renovated, c.1950, with some openings remodelled.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached two-bay two-storey mill owner’s house, c.1850, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to right ground floor and three-bay single-storey wing to south-east continuing into single-bay single-storey end bay to south-east.
People and work
The saved account records: Extensively renovated, c.1950, with some openings remodelled.
How it changed
The saved account records: Pitched roofs (gabled to porch) with replacement artificial slate, c.1950, clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, rendered coping and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.2000, on timber eaves.
What survives
The saved account records: Square-headed window openings (some remodelled, c.1950) with replacement concrete sills, c.1950.
Why it mattered
Niervale Mill — Ballmacarbry matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: An appealing, modest-scale house of informal appearance that is of significance for its relationship with the attendant mill building (22801001/WD-05-01-01) to north-west. Although much of the original fabric has been lost, the house retains an early character and contributes to the quality of the setting. 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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