Cottages and Stables at, Carrickhugh Corn Mill, Carrickhugh, Ballykelly, Limavady, Co Londonderry

A range of farm buildings forming part of the industrial complex at Carrickhugh, comprising three cottage and barn buildings in a terrace stepping down the slope of the valley opposite Carrickhugh Corn Mill, with a courtyard of single storey stable buildings behind.

The southernmost building of the terrace sits at the highest ground level. It is two storeys high and two structural bays long, built in stone with brick trims and a natural slate roof, with a brick chimney at the northern end of the ridge. To the street between it and the mill are two first floor openings at eaves level, one of which retains an eight pane sash window. Below, aligning with one of these openings, is a similar window and a large opening with sliding timber barn door inside. The southern gable has a door at first floor level, reached by an external flight of steps.

The second building is of brick construction and similar length to the first, but only one storey and a half in height. Four openings are irregularly distributed on the facade, of which one twelve pane sash remains. The natural slate roof has no chimney but includes one rooflight.

The third building is much longer, seven bays in length, and built in whitewashed stone, though its roof is lower than that of the brick building. It is two storeys high with a central dormer containing a large slatted door opening onto external steps, and a similar sized door below. At first floor, windows are symmetrically disposed about the central dormer: to the south are four pane sash windows, whilst to the north these have been replaced by casements. At ground floor level are two doors and a window to the south, and a sliding door and window to the north. The rear of this building is largely enclosed in a modern barn with various openings created between the two structures.

Behind the two storey group, set a little to the north, is a courtyard enclosed on three sides by single storey stable buildings, with modern steel barns occupying the fourth side to the south behind the terrace. The stone building at the road, aligning with the terrace but separated by the simple courtyard entrance, has cut corner quoins and is open to the courtyard along its full length. The other wings are in brick with an irregular series of openings. At the south western corner stands a small brick building of note, slightly taller than the rest with a slate roof surmounted by a centrally placed ventilator in poor condition. A central slatted timber door with segmental head is flanked by two windows with cast iron casements detailed to resemble sashes with twenty panes. These windows are similar to those found in a cottage at Barnakilly.

The buildings form part of the complex associated with Carrickhugh Mills and Carrichue House, all standing on land once owned by the Fishmongers' Company. The 1835 Ordnance Survey Memoirs record Jacob Levingston as the mill owner; George Cather held the property from the 1840s onwards. The 1848 Ordnance Survey Map shows the terrace of buildings and the stone wing of the stables, but the brick wings had not yet been constructed. The 1858 Griffith's Valuation lists 'offices and clerks house' valued at £15, occupied by George Cather with the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers as lessor. The Fishmongers sold most of their estate in the 1890s, after which the Cather family purchased their Carrickhugh lands. From the turn of the century the buildings were leased to various tenants. The present owner's family bought the farm in 1948 and have carried out renovations for farm use.

These simple and direct farm buildings, with little architectural refinement, are of pleasing proportion and fit well into the sloping, wooded landscape of the Carrickhugh Valley. The facade of the long two storey barn particularly complements the similar elevation of the mill building opposite, and together they add character to their surroundings.