Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Corn Mill
Rory’s Glen, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Mill
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- Corn Mill, Behind 25 Shanes Hill Road, Kilwaughter, Larne, Co Antrim
- Townland
- Rory’s Glen
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.83652, -5.87924
- Date of survey
- 29 March 1998
- HB reference
- HB06/07/009
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A two-storey gabled building of snecked basalt in rough courses, with a terrace of single-storey cottages attached to its north gable, all now in derelict condition. Rectangular doorways and window openings to front facade of mill block, set in flat arches; some openings roughly blocked up with timber, others lying open. Roof in ruinous state. Upper storey reached by ramped approach to north gable. Large rectangular opening to north gable with small circular stone dressed opening in apex. Style of openings comparable with those of farm buildings at Kilwaughter Castle.
Setting: the building stands on a bend in the road in a very rural area, with a mill pond lying to its rear.
Historical information
Built c 1820s, according to OS Memoirs of 1835, when it was described as “2-storeys high and slated, and measures 28 by 23 feet outside ... The machinery is propelled by a breast wheel 15 and a half feet in diameter by 4 feet 3 inches bucket, all of iron except the arms which are of wood ... It is in very good repair. A good corn kiln is attached.” Appears on OS map of 1832, marked as ‘Corn Mill’.
References - Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1832, Co Antrim 40.
2. Ordnance Survey memoirs of Ireland, Vol 10: Parishes of County Antrim III (Belfast, 1991), pp 110 and 112.
Secondary Sources
1. IHR 6960.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This is a building of both limited architectural interest and limited historic interest, which has now fallen into a derelict condition.
Nearby in the register
- Saw MillMillunder 1 mi
- Former Kilwaughter Female National SchoolHouseunder 1 mi
- Gate lodge and Gate Screen Kilwaughter CastleGates/ Screens/ Lodgesunder 1 mi
- Ice houseIce Houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.