Monument record 2472/1 - Lumbhole Mill

Stone built mill used for cotton spinning for candlewicks. Dated 1835. Dam above the mill supplied water to storage reservoir alongside mill. Contains 19th C steam engine by J & E Armfield, New Mills. Photos in PP SMR- file no. P8016 (1). First mention of mill on this site in land tax recs of 1798. Mill sold in 1815 and extended from 2 to 4 storeys and steam engine added. Burnt down in 1822. Rebuilt in 1823-4 with 2 storeys at front and 3 at back. Candlewicks for miners lamps produced in 19th C by the Sheldon family who still own the mill (2). Candlewick Mill, late 18th C origins but major rebuilding c.1830. Sandstone rubble & stone slate roof, 3- storeys. Beam engine house with Cornish boiler. Ground & 1st floors fire damaged. At E end is 26ft diam iron overshot waterwheel, twinned with a double-action condensing beam engine added c.1840. Last eg where water & steam power used together & machinery survives intact (3).

<1> Peak Park Treasures, C88 Hills R L 1978 (Index). SCH2624.

<2> Longden G, 1988, The Industrial Revolution in East Cheshire: Six Theme Walks, /7 (Book). SCH3193.

<3> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /1/78 (Report). SCH1934.

<3> Calladine A & Fricker J, 1993, East Cheshire Textile Mills, /63-65 (Y) (Book). SCH1093.

<5> Ashmore, O, 1982, The Industrial Archaeology of North West England, /43 (Book). SCH3181.