The Watermill, Main Street, Crawfordsburn, Bangor, Co Down, BT19 1JF

This mill complex is situated on the right bank of the river behind the main street, at the top of a high double waterfall discharging into Crawfordsburn Glen. It comprises three sections: the former corn mill at the W end, an infill section in middle, and former store at E. Mill This section comprises a two-storey building aligned NE-SW, with a two-storey return along its NW side. The entire building has been converted into a self-contained dwelling. It has a replacement pitched tile roof, cement-rendered chimneys to the main section and return, and boxed eaves. The walls are of unrendered random rubble. The openings are generally square headed with replacement frames. The SW gable of the main section has two tall spoke-headed windows to its south gable. The door and window openings to the ground floor of this elevation are later insertions; the OS maps show the waterwheel to have been on this gable originally. Because of the sloping topography, the NE and SE elevations of this section are only visible at first floor level. Infill This two-storey infill section is aligned parallel with the mill. Again only the upper floor is visible on the SE elevation. It has been converted into a dwelling (originally a self-contained unit, but now internally amalgamated with the store). The roof is detailed as the mill. The ground floor is of unrendered random rubble. A break in the stonework suggests that the end of the wall is a relatively modern extension. The upper part is rendered with cement which has been finished to mimic hung slates. Its underlying fabric is uncertain but it is probably a mid 20th century (re)build, possibly in concrete blockwork. There is a projecting cement-rendered chimney breast to the SE elevation with a window cut though its base. The openings to the NW and SW elevations are semicircular and those to the SE elevation flat; all contain modern window frames. There are no openings to the ground floor except for a rectangular former stone-lined headrace channel at head level on the NW elevation. This was part of the headrace which fed the external waterwheel on the SW gable of the mill. The race was fed from a pond on the opposite side of the main road and ran in an open channel along the SE side of the adjoining store. Store This two-storey former store runs E-W at an angle to the infill section. Again it has been converted to living accommodation. Its roof is detailed as the mill. There is a cement-rendered chimney along its S eaves. The S elevation is rendered to mimic hung slates and the E and N elevations are of unrendered random rubble. All the openings are square-headed and appear to be new insertions or enlargements of the originals; they are filled with modern doors and windows.