Coolfinn Saw Mills

Saw mill complex, c.1850, including:(i) Detached two-bay single-storey red brick building with single-bay single-storey lean-to entrance bay to left, and three-bay single-storey side elevation. Extended, c.1925, comprising single-bay single-storey mass-concrete end bay possibly incorporating fabric of earlier range. Reroofed, c.1975. Now derelict. Remains of pitched roof (lean-to to entrance bay) with replacement corrugated-iron, c.1975, over timber construction, red brick Running bond chimney stack, and no rainwater goods. Red brick Running bond walls with unpainted mass-concrete walls to additional range. Square-headed window openings with stone sills. Fittings now gone with some openings partly blocked-up. Square-headed door opening in shallow segmental-headed recess with timber lintel, and fittings now gone.(ii) Detached single-bay single-storey red brick kiln on a circular plan. Now disused. Domed roof not visible (overgrown). Red brick walls (probably in English bond). Round-headed door opening with iron-sheeted door. Full-height interior open into roof with painted red brick English bond walls, and painted red brick-lined dome.(iii) Detached three-bay single-storey house with dormer attic, c.1900, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to centre. Undergoing extensive restoration, 2003. Pitched roof (gabled to dormer attic windows and to porch) with red clay tiles, red clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks having stepped capping, profiled timber bargeboards, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods. Coursed random rubble stone walls with red brick quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, red brick block-and-start surrounds, and replacement 2/2 timber sash windows, 2003. Square-headed door opening with fittings not visible.(iv) Gateway, dated 1851, to site with pair of unpainted rendered piers having wrought iron gates with foundry plaque.