Description
W F McGibbon 1894, 1896. 3- and 4-storey and attic brick
ornate Flemish style grain mill, in 3 sections.
1. Wallace Street, 1894 3-storey, 5-bay block. Ground floor
altered, except cornice. Tall basket-arched recesses rise
through 1st and 2nd floors with large transomed and mullioned
windows set in arch head on second floor. The narrower 5th
bay fronts a staircase. Curvilinear gable with 3 tall arched
windows over 2 end bays. Slate roof.
2. 1896 Corner block, 3-by-3 bays, small ground floor windows
blocked. Basket arched recesses similar to E block embracing
3 floors. Mullioned windows with V-oriel in outer bay of 1st
floor to each elevation. Tall corner tower has 2 twin arched
and hoodmoulded windows to each elevation, corbelled
machicolated parapet, battlement. Formerly held water
cistern.
3. 1896, 4-storey and attic 2-bay block, gable end to West
Street, detailed as above, with triple arched windows in
curvilinear gable and small crowning segmental pediment.
The 2 West Street blocks were linked by a recessed cart entry
with former engine house and grain silo at rear. Linking iron
gantries around a hoist. Later brick 3rd floor gantry and
modern metal sheeting below. A V-oriel faces inwards.
Interior: ground and 1st floor has original concrete floors
and steel supports. Upper floors iron columns, steam beams
and wooden floors.