Mill at Red Hall, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim is a Grade B2 listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 19 December 2001.

Mill at Red Hall, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim

WRENN ID
shifting-grate-burdock
Grade
B2
Local Planning Authority
Mid and East Antrim
Constituency
East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
Country
Northern Ireland
Date first listed
19 December 2001
Irish grid reference
J 448 950
Coordinates
54.78233, -5.7489
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

Also on this page: radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Mill at Red Hall is a sizeable building of local interest, forming a prominent feature within the grounds of the historic Red Hall estate. While precise details regarding its original patron and construction date are scarce, it is believed to have been built between 1820 and 1839 by David Kerr, with a purpose to house threshing machinery, and with an attached stone straw house. The building appears on an Ordnance Survey map of 1858.

The mill is a three-storey gabled structure built of snecked basalt in rough courses. The symmetrical entrance facade features a wide segmental arched doorway at ground floor level, with two rectangular openings above. One first-floor opening is now open and fitted with bars, the other contains a ledged timber door. A carved heraldic panel and datestone is positioned between the first-floor openings. A segmental arched window, now without glazing, is located on the second floor. To the left of the entrance front is a segmental arched opening, providing access to a long, deep, stone-vaulted chamber. The main side of the building is three storeys high, originally with five windows, though these are now derelict and have flat arched heads. The south side of the building is reduced to a single storey due to the sloping ground; it features a central segmental arched entrance with a damaged and altered ledged timber door, flanked by rectangular openings spanned by flat arches, and it is covered by a corrugated asbestos roof.

The mill stands within the grounds of Red Hall, facing onto one of the estate driveways. It is surrounded by trees and set into a former quarry, with a ramped approach leading up to the south side. The building is recorded as derelict and is of significant industrial archaeological interest. The site also falls within the area of a scheduled monument, no. ANT47:4.

Local climate

Mill at Red Hall, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • No flood data for this area
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Red Hall, Larne, Co Antrim, BT38 9JL Grade A 128 m
  2. The Brewhouse and walling, Red Hall, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim, BT38 9JL Grade A 129 m
  3. Farm buildings at Red Hall, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim Grade B1 166 m
  4. Garden turret at Red Hall, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim Grade B2 231 m
  5. Garden piers at Red Hall, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim Grade B2 238 m
  6. North Lodge to Red Hall, 75 Hillhead Road, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim, BT38 9JF 286 m
  7. Ballycarry Presbyterian Church, Hillhead Road, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim 567 m
  8. Ballycarry Primary School, 23 Hillhead Road, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim, BT38 9HE 707 m
  9. Lodge and gatescreen, 86 Larne Road, Red Hall, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim Grade B2 724 m
  10. Tower behind, 14 Lower Woodlands, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim, BT38 9JB 743 m