Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/16/032

Address :
Windmill stump, off Ballygowan Road, Ballyrush, Comber, Co. Down BT23 5RY

Townland:
Ballyrush

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Windmill

Former Use
Windmill

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
167/1

IG Ref:
J4377 6607

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Ruined windmill stump on a hill top to the W of the Ballygowan Road, c.1.5 miles NE of Ballygowan. The windmill is built in rubble and measures roughly 4.5m in height by 4m in diameter with walls c.0.75m tall. The stump now has two levels. On the E ‘face’ are two large door openings, one above the other. The are two small window openings one at ground floor level, the other at first floor. There are some odd sections of timber inside the stump and a ‘roof’ made from corrugated iron

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

This ‘flax mill’ is marked on the OS map of 1858, but not that of 1834. The valuation returns of c.1863 note that it was then in the possession of a John Alexander Gowdy, who leased it from the Marquis of Londonderry, the proprietor of Ballyrush townland. E.R.R. Green (secondary source No.1) states that the mill was used as a dwelling at some point. Primary sources 1 PRONI D.654 Londonderry Papers. [This collection contains documents corning the townland of Ballyrush.] 2 PRONI OS map 1st rev. 1858-60, Down 10. 3 PRONI 2nd valuation Comber parish c.1863. 4 EHS HB24/16/32 1st survey notes and slide HB24/16/32. 5 EHS OS map 167-1 (1:2500) 1972. Secondary sources 1 E.R.R. Green The Industrial Archaeology of Co. Down (HMSO 1963), p.54.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Ruined stump of a flax windmill, built some time between 1833 and 1858.

General Comments

Date of Survey

20 January 1999