- Address
- Windmill Road, Elphin
- Type
- Mill (wind)
- NIAH reg. no.
- 31810010
Mill (wind), Windmill Road, Elphin
Also known as Elphin Windmill
About Mill (wind), Windmill Road, Elphin
Mill (wind), Windmill Road, Elphin is one of 3 buildings in Elphin the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Mill (wind), Windmill Road, Elphin to 1720–1740.
This early-eighteenth century fully-restored wind mill is a credit to the town of Elphin. It stands as a reminder of when the mill, thought to have been originally built by local landowner and Bishop of Elphin, Edward Synge, provided meal for the local population.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 31810010 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 31810010↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Mill (wind), Windmill Road, Elphin
Windmill Road, Elphin, Elphin
Near Elphin: more buildings on the record
Carrick-on-Shannon Railway Station in Carrick-On-Shannon is the nearest, at 12 km. 8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. The list reaches “Mill (tread), Creamery Road” in Ballymote, 33 km away.
Questions about Mill (wind), Windmill Road, Elphin
Is Mill (wind), Windmill Road, Elphin on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 31810010).
Can you visit Mill (wind), Windmill Road, Elphin?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Mill (wind), Windmill Road, Elphin built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1720–1740.
Is Mill (wind), Windmill Road, Elphin protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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