Built in 1869, a former flourmill, it is believed to be the oldest surviving industrial building in Fitzroy. It has the typical form of a 19th century flourmill, with two main floors for the machinery and an upper loft for grain storage. Originally there were two small cottages at the rear of the mill built for mill workers.James Reilly, an experienced milling engineer from Cork, is thought to have been the first operator of this mill but later Robert Swan took over the Brunswick St. mill in 1875-6 and operated it under the name "Fitzroy Flour Mills”. The sign "Est 1857" above the door, refers to the firm Strickland & Sons, a coach builder who bought the building in in the early 1920s.
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