Building record 2608/56 - Brown Street Mill

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Summary

Grade II listed silk mill, built around 1840. It is brick with a hipped slate roof.The interior has cast iron columns supporting timber beams. Macclesfield was one of two silk production centres in Cheshire. Silk buttons had been made here since Elizabethan times. Silk throwing (Twisting silk threads together) began as a domestic industry and became a mechanised process with the use of water powered machinery in the mid 18th century. The industrial revolution introduced power weaving in the late 19th century and many large mills were built at this time.

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Silk mill, built around 1840. Brick with hipped slate roof. 2 ranges at right angles enclosing courtyard. 4 storeyed, 7 window range to brown Street, with 11 window return to Statham Street. Plain pilasters at angles and between bays 3 and 4. main doorway to left with stuccoed architrave. Moulded stone brackets carry guttering. Small stack on gable, main chimney incorporated in projection from rear gable of Statham Street range, presumably engine house. Privy tower against rear of this range, and a 3 storeyed lean-to against rear of Brown Street range. Interior cast iron columns supporting timber beams. King post roof (1).


<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 886-1/11/11 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Calladine A & Fricker J, 1993, East Cheshire Textile Mills, /163,82,87 (Y) (Book). SCH1093.

<3> Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Revised List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Borough of Macclesfield 1994/ 9 (Unpublished Report). SCH4570.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Report: Department of the Environment. 1971-2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. N/A. 886-1/11/11.
  • <2> Book: Calladine A & Fricker J. 1993. East Cheshire Textile Mills. /163,82,87 (Y).
  • <3> Unpublished Report: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Revised List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Borough of Macclesfield 1994/ 9.

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Grid reference Centred SJ 914 731 (34m by 27m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ97SW
Civil Parish MACCLESFIELD NON PARISH AREA, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST
Historic Township/Parish/County MACCLESFIELD, PRESTBURY, CHESHIRE

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Record last edited

Aug 6 2019 3:59PM