Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Former Flax Spinning Factory,
Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- No type recorded
- Address
- Former Flax Spinning Factory,, 1 Knockamore View, Muckamore, Co. Antrim, BT41 2EU
- Council
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.70052, -6.16745
- Date of survey
- 19 September 2008
- HB reference
- HB20/12/003
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
Former sixteen-bay three-storey stone beetling mill, built c.1800 demolished c.2006. Only the lower part of the walls remain. The mill manager’s house retains eighteenth century proportions and additions to rear form an interesting complex, however, all buildings have been subject to significant remodelling and inappropriate alterations; they are no longer deemed to meet the listing criteria.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Nearby in the register
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- 167 Belfast RoadHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.