That origin alone sets it apart from the typical pattern of Cork mill construction, where grain-processing buildings grew organically from earlier fulling or tuck mills. The shift from welfare institution to industrial milling, and then to electrical operation, compressed several distinct phases of Irish rural life into a single structure.

According to O'Sullivan, writing in 1984, the building was already running on electrical power by 1910, which would place it among the earlier electrically powered mills in the region. That conversion did not spare it indefinitely: in 1967 the mill was accidentally burnt, a fate that left its mark visibly on the fabric. The structure today is three storeys, with its long axis running roughly northeast to southwest along the north bank of the Dalua. The southwest elevation, which faces the road, is double-gable-ended, while the northwest side is now roofless. A nine-bay side elevation faces southeast, where a yard is enclosed by a high stone wall with an entrance gateway. A three-storey, six-bay addition runs along the roadside, with a wide arched doorway and windows now blocked up; this section appears roofless as well. Part of the complex is still used as a store, which at least accounts for the building's continued presence in a region where many such structures have simply collapsed or been cleared away.