Boland Flour Mills Dublin
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Boland Flour Mills Dublin Monument in Dublin Docklands |
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| Protected Structure in Dublin | |
| Registration number.: | 7377 |
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| Address: | Ringsend Road |
| District: | Dublin 4 |
| Coordinates: | 53 ° 20 '31.4 " N , 6 ° 14' 13.4" W |
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| Construction year: | 1830s |
| Restoration: | 2015-2018 |
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| Architectural style: | Victorian style |
| Construction type: | Brick building |
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| original use: | Flour mill |
| current usage: | Office building, restaurant |
The Boland Flour Mills (Monument Number: 7377) is a Grade II listed building in Dublin .
It was built in the 1830s and is located on Ringsend Road in Dublin Docklands. The building was originally used as a flour mill and has been part of an extensive revitalization project since the end of 2015 .
history
The Boland double-gabled flour mill was commissioned by the Boland family. The six-story, Victorian-style light brick building includes 250 wooden windows. Between 1870 and 1880, the Boland Flour Mill was supplemented by a two-story office building located at the intersection of Barrow Street and Ringsend Road. The complex also includes the six-story, light-brick warehouse, which is also adjacent to the south, and the two adjoining two-story Boland's Ltd. Warehouses. These three listed buildings are on Barrow Street and were built circa the 1870s. In the 1940s, three silos to hold the grain and flour were built around the Boland flour mill. However, these silos are not listed. Several generations worked in the Boland grain mill until 2001 when operations were closed. It played an important role in social as well as industrial life in the Docklands. The Boland Flour Mill is often incorrectly referred to as De Valera's headquarters during the Easter Rising in 1916, but the headquarters were in the Boland Bakery, which was at the end of the Gand Canal Dock on Grand Canal Street Upper. The bakery was demolished. The Treasury Department hired architect Henry J. Lyons to construct a new building in 1990. Only one statue made of bronze, climbing the wall of the financial building, commemorates the occupation of De Valera. The statue designed by Rowan Gillespie is symbolically called "aspiration", which translates as "aspiration".
Revitalization
The 15-year vacancy of the Boland grain mill has left traces of dilapidation, which is reflected in vandalism, slipped slates, destroyed windows, vegetation and ceilings at risk of break-ins. Great difficulties are expected in maintaining the complex. Nevertheless, the front of the building on the banks of the Grand Canal Dock, including the buildings of the Boland Mill, will be converted into Boland Quay in a 170 million euro project. Construction work started at the end of 2015 and is expected to be completed by 2018. This project is designed by the architects Burke-Kennedy Doyle (BKD Architects). In addition to restoring the listed buildings along Barrow Street, the three 1940s silos will be demolished. Instead of the silos, two office buildings (13 and 14 storeys) and a residential building (15 storeys) next to the former mill and warehouses are to rise. The six-story Boland flour mill is being converted into an office building with an additional café and restaurant on the ground floor. The six-story Victorian-style warehouse made of light-colored brick, adjacent to the Boland grain mill south of the bank, is being converted into a residential building with a café and restaurant on the ground floor. However, due to the preservation order, the complex will retain its old charm.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dublin City Council (ed.): Record of Protected Structures in Dublin City. URL: http://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/content//Planning/HeritageConservation/Conservation/ProtectedStructures/Documents/Record%20of%20Protected%20Structures,%202011-2017.pdf , accessed 5. May 2016
- ^ A b c Bunbury, Turtle: Dublin Docklands - An Urban Voyage. Montague Publications Group, Dublin 2009, ISBN 978-0-9558155-1-5 , p. 193 (en.)
- ^ Blake, Tarquin: Abandoned Ireland, Boland Mill Dublin. URL: http://www.abandonedireland.com/bm.html , accessed May 5, 2016.
- ^ Bunbury, Turtle: The Docklands-Grand Canal Quay, 2005-2014. URL: http://www.turtlebunbury.com/published/published_books/docklands/grand_canal_docks/pub_books_docklands_gcd_gcquay.html , accessed May 5, 2016
- ↑ To Taisce - National Trust for Ireland (ed.): Bolands Mill Dublin 4.URL: http://www.antaisce.org/buildingsatrisk/bolands-mill-dublin-4 , accessed on May 5, 2016.
- ^ Ciarán Hancock: Group formed to manage Boland's Quay development. In: The Irish Times. January 15, 2016, URL: http://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/group-formed-to-manage-boland-s-quay-development-1.2497189 , accessed May 5, 2016.
- ↑ Kelly, Olivia: Green Light for € 150m Boland's Mill Development. In: The Irish Times. July 2, 2015, URL: http://www.irishtimes.com/business/construction/green-light-for-150m-boland-s-mill-development-1.2271477 , accessed May 5, 2016.
- ↑ Bizplus, New civic plaza on the waterfront, July 2, 2015, Dublin Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bizplus, City Council Thumbs Up for Boland's Quay, July 2, 2015, archive link ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
