Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Old Flax Mill
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Address
- Old Flax Mill, (off Church Street), Banbridge, Co Down, BT25
- Council
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.41296, -6.15828
- Date of survey
- 14 March 2012
- HB reference
- HB17/15/026
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A two-storey early nineteenth-century blackstone flax mill (roofless and partially derelict at the time of the first survey in 1975) with granite quoins and brick-dressed openings. The site beside the Bann and close to the viaduct (HB17/15/027) is now vacant.
Historical information
N/A
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A two-storey early nineteenth-century blackstone flax mill (roofless and partially derelict at the time of the first survey in 1975) with granite quoins and brick-dressed openings. Now demolished.
General comments
Partial Survey Only.
Nearby in the register
- PERCY MONUMENTMEMORIALunder 1 mi
- Percy LodgeHouseunder 1 mi
- Dromore ViaductViaductunder 1 mi
- RAILWAY STATION COMPLEXRAILWAY STATION STRUCTURESunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.