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Andrew McClelland 25/06/2005 00:00:00

HB Ref No:
HB15/12/011

Address
ORR/SINTON'S MILL BENBURB CO.ARMAGH

Townland:

Status:
Currently at Risk

Listing Grade:
B+/IA

HARNI Number:
HARNI 15/12/005

Conservation Area:
No

Condition:
Very Poor

Industrial Archeology:

Occupancy:
Partially Occupied

Vernacular:

Degree of Risk:
Critical

Thatched:
No

Availability:
Unavailable

Monument:

Current Building Use:

Derelict:

Description

This is an interesting complex of former mill buildings with some surviving internal machinery, now forming part of the Benburb Valley Heritage Centre. The original beetling mill, preparation and cropping rooms, engine house, turbine house, dyeing shed and back beetling mill all survive, while the former Ulster Canal, and the listed Thomas Telford lock house (HB15/12/011 A) and accommodation bridge (HB15/12/011 B), are within the immediate setting of the main mill buildings. Although the complex is often open to the public and showing exhibitions, several of the structures are in an increasingly poor state of repair and will require substantial long-term investment and remedial maintenance work carried out. When reviewed in 2024 the site is now in a precarious position. One gable of the structures near the river has failed and is now open to the elements while vegetation growth and structural issues can be visible throughout. It is sad to see such an historic array of buildings decline to this extent.