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Garrylough Mill — GARRYLOUGH LOWER

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Garrylough Mill — GARRYLOUGH LOWER
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Attached three-bay three-storey mill with half-attic, dated 1851, on a rectangular plan. Closed, 1964. "Restored", 1975-7. Now disused. Hipped gabled slate roof on collared timber construction with lichen-covered terracotta ridge tiles, and cast-aluminium rainwater goods on slightly overhanging slate flagged eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble stone walls with cut- or hammered granite flush quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings in camber-headed recesses (upper floors) with slate sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing replacement timber casement windows having square glazing bars. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with slate sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds supporting rough hewn granite lintels framing replacement timber casement windows having square glazing bars. Interior including (ground floor): limewashed drying floor with timber boarded ceiling on timber joists on timber beams; (first floor): limewashed milling floor with timber boarded ceiling on timber joists on timber beams; (second floor): limewashed "dust floor" or "hopper floor" with timber boarded ceiling on timber joists on timber beams; and (top floor): limewashed grain floor. Set in unkempt grounds on a corner site.

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