Building record 2608/64 - Park Mill, Hobson Street

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Summary

Grade II listed silk weaving mill, built in 1853. It is brick on a stone plinth with Welsh slate roof and internal cast iron columns carrying timber beams. It is one of several 2 storeyed mills built to accomodate powered looms. 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 weaving mill, built 1853. Brick on stone plinth with Welsh slate roof, internal cast iron columns carrying timber beams. 2 storeys, 19 window range to south, 11 window range to east. Integral square section chimney at north west angle with projecting former engine house alongside. Former boiler house projects from west (1). One of several 2 storeyed mills built to accomodate powered looms (2).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 886-1/8/94 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Calladine A & Fricker J, 1993, East Cheshire Textile Mills, /92 (Y) (Book). SCH1093.

<3> Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Revised List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Borough of Macclesfield 1994/ 70 (Unpublished Report). SCH4570.

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<1> SCH1934 Report: Department of the Environment. 1971-2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. N/A. 886-1/8/94.
<2> SCH1093 Book: Calladine A & Fricker J. 1993. East Cheshire Textile Mills. /92 (Y).
<3> SCH4570 Unpublished Report: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Revised List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Borough of Macclesfield 1994/ 70.

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Location

Grid reference	Centred SJ 916 728 (41m by 36m) (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 4:00PM