Site no OFIAR-042-008 Mill Park - Offaly County Council

Component OFIAR-042-033 2TypeGrain kilnFunctionGrain processingCategory Farming production Context Agriculture & fishingIrish Grid 205850 194195 +/- 10mSurvey date 01/08/2003SurveyorFred HamondBuildingWaterworksPlantMachineryDescriptionRemains Substantial remains Condition Good Use StoreRemains N/A Condition N/A Use N/ARemains N/A Condition N/A Use N/ARemains N/A Condition N/A Use N/AGrain kiln contained at east end of two-storey building abutting three-storey granaryat end of range of buildings along north side of farmyard associated with ClareenHouse.The building has a pitched natural slate roof, rendered random rubble walls andsquare-headed openings with brick trim (rendered over) and Georgian-pane frames.Internally, the kiln has a flagged stone floor, but there are no traces of any furnace.The drying floor above comprises 12-inch square clay tiles laid on cast-iron joistsacross the room. The joists are supported by a transverse metal beam over a metalpost. Cement screed has been laid over the top surface of the tiles. The roof has tiedcommon rafters and is internally plastered. However, there is no ridge ventilator.The adjoining three-storey granary has a hipped natural slate roof and is similarlydetailed.InterestEvaluationArchitecturalThis farmyard complex is of local heritge interest on account of its scale andcompleteness. Both it and the house are Protected Structures in the 2009-15 CoOffaly Development Plan.RatingLocalProtection Offaly RPS 57-07 ActionAssociated withOther dbase NIAH 14942009 (R)ReferencesMacMahon, N. In the Shadow of the Fairy Hill: a History of Shinrone andBallingarry from Pre-Christian Times to the Early 1900s (Shinrone:Kilcommon Press, 1998).Page(s) 91-93OFIAR-042-033_01 FWH 01/08/2003 North range of farmyard at Clareen House, from south.