Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/07/046 B

Address :
Disused flax mill off Kilkeel Rd Hilltown Newry Co Down BT34 2JU

Townland:
Ballymaghery

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Mill

Former Use
Mill

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Partially

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OS Map No:
253/16

IG Ref:
J2190 2904

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A two-storey flax scutching mill located on the right bank of the River Bann east of Hilltown. Associated with cornmill immediately to east (HB16/07/046A). Aligned parallel with the slope such that the first floor can be entered from ground level on the north side. Pitched corrugated asbestos roof. Walls of random rubble granite but extensively rebuilt in concrete blockwork, especially at wallhead level. South facade abutted to middle by a later lean-to. Various windows and doors to ground floor. Both gables blank. North wall has various infilled openings. No trace of dam in yard immediately north of mill.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

First shown on the 1859 OS 6" map. Second valuation of c.1861 notes John Martin as owner. Dimensions given as 80ft x 18ft x 2 storeys. Contained 14 stocks and three rollers and worked by steam at this time. Valuation revision book notes that mill "at rest" in 1897. The concrete work suggests that rebuilt during the present century (probably during second world war) and powered by water turbine. References 1. 2nd edition OS 6" map, Down sheet 48 (1859). 2. Second valuation book, c.1861 (PRONI: VAL 2B/3/49C, p.15). 3. Valuation revision books, 1866-1929 (PRONI: VAL 12B/22/12A-D).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Primarily of historical interest as an example of a mid-19th century steam powered flax mill.

General Comments

Date of Survey

11 February 1999