Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mill - flax
Grange (cork By., Douglas Ed), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange (cork By., Douglas Ed)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Douglas Woollen Mills (1933)
- Coordinates
- 51.86893, -8.44077
- SMR number
- CO086-100----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Roadside in Donnybrook. Rectangular 5-storey, 10-bay brick-built flax spinning mill designed by R. Brash and built in 1866 for Wallis and Pollock; 1-bay extension to E. Mill foundation of concrete; damaged by fire in 1919 and roof replaced. Internal flooring consists of a matrix of brick, segmental 'jack' arches which are supported on four tiers of cast-iron girders. Two-storey engine and boiler house attached at E end housed Inglis Corliss engine (C. Rynne, forthcoming). Two-storey gabled brick-built offices attached to E. Long one-storey brick-built range to W with modern buildings attached. Closed in 1885 but reopened in 1890 after being re-fitted as a woollen mill (Foley 1991, 31). All now part of industrial estate.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Mill - woollenunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.