Building record 2608/7 - Thorp Street Mill

Silk mill built around 1825. Brick built, in English Garden Wall and Flemish bonds, on stone plinth, with Welsh slate and stone flagged roof. 3 storeys and 13 bays, with former engine house and chimney at rear. Original pattern of openings modified on conversion, with addition of 4 entrances in moulded stone architraves. Rear elevation has projecting tapered square chimney shaft. Lean-to engine house at base of stack now altered. Internal structure of transverse wooden beams on cast iron and wooden columns. Reconstructed roof of 12 queen post trusses (1). Used as a sugar store in the Second World War, the mill is now used for offices and commercial use. Called Thorp Street Leather Mill by Calladine & Fricker (1 & 2).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 886-1/10/206 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Calladine A & Fricker J, 1993, East Cheshire Textile Mills, /44-5, 66-9 (Y) (Book). SCH1093.

<3> Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Revised List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Borough of Macclesfield 1994/ 148 (Unpublished Report). SCH4570.