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mill (water) — Bandon

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Detached former distillery complex, established 1825, incorporating earlier mill, dated 1816, and later addition, dated 1878. Now in ruins. Complex comprising multiple-bay three-storey distillery with upper floors removed, having three-bay return to side (north-west) and three-bay three-storey block to eastern end of side (north-west) elevation. Roughly dressed rubble stone walls with tooled stone quoins and date plaques to front (south-west) elevations. Red brick string courses and quoins to front and side (north-west) elevations of three-bay three-storey block. Camber-headed window openings with red brick voussoirs and block-and-start surrounds to front and rear (north-east) elevations with timber battened shutters. Square-headed window openings with red brick voussoirs, block-and-start surrounds to front and side (north-west) elevations, formally having timber battened shutters. Camber-headed former carriage arches having red brick voussoirs to front elevation, having red brick block-and-start surrounds with carved keystones. Pointed arch door openings to front and side (north-west) elevations of three-storey block, having red brick voussoirs, soffits, red brick block-and-start surrounds, now blocked to front and first floor of side (north-west) elevation. Former timber battened doors to ground floor openings of side (north-west) elevations. Round-headed door opening to front elevation of three-storey block having red brick voussoirs and block-and-start surrounds, now blocked. Camber-headed archway, partially blocked to side (north-east), with round-headed door opening, having red brick voussoirs and surrounds. Earthen ramp to rear rising to site of holding pool to south-east of distillery, now filled in. Detached six-bay two-storey outbuilding with recent porch to front (south-west). Pitched replacement slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Coursed rubble stone walls with tooled limestone quoins. Camber-headed window openings having red brick voussoirs, block-and-start surrounds and rendered sills to ground floor of front (south-west) and side (north-west) elevations, having timber casement windows with wrought-iron window guards. Camber-headed door opening with glazed timber door with side light to western end of front elevation, having double-leaf timber battened door. Recent corrugated-iron silos and outbuildings to north-east of main block. Rubble stone boundary walls.

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