Kilbeggan Distillery

Distillery in Westmeath, Ireland, dating from 1757–1930

Detached multi-bay three-storey distillery complex arranged around a central courtyard, built c.1757, renovated and extended on numerous occasions. Closed c.1957. Reopened, c.1984, as a heritage centre and working distillery museum. Pitched natural slate roof to main block with rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and tall metal vent cowl. Roughcast rendered walls with square-headed openings with replacement timber sash windows to ground floor and timber casement windows above. Large projecting and tapered buttress to east end of south elevation (main). Integral segmental-headed carriage arch to centre now forms main entrance. Extensive collection of early machinery and fittings to interior, renovated waterwheel and mill race/sluice complex to east elevation. Road-fronted on west bank of River Brosna with an extensive collection of buildings, stores, a red brick chimneystack on rectangular plan to rear (north).

Type:
Distillery

Period:
1757–1930

Where:
Westmeath, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.37°N, 7.50°W

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