Monument record 2612/1/3 - Hough Hole Mill

<1> Longden G, 1988, The Industrial Revolution in East Cheshire: Six Theme Walks, p.15 (Book). SCH3193.

Built by James Mellor in 1803 and let to Messrs. Beard, Dean and Beard in 1806. In the 1820s Mellor and his two sons returned to work the mill. William Mellor converted the mill into an engineering shop in 1860 and painted it white. The "White Shop" won a reputation for precision lathes and steamhammers.

<2> Ashmore, O, 1982, The Industrial Archaeology of North West England, p.57 (Book). SCH3181.

Site of a former water-powered cotton spinning mill on the River Dean. Built at the end of the eighteenth century by James Mellor. Mill pond with race under the road. To the east was Hough Hole engineering works operated by William Miller in the late nineteenth century.

<3> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 58037 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Weir and bridge: c.1800 for James Mellor snr. Coursed squared buff sandstone rubble with hammer-dressed copings. A weir of fourteen stone steps is flanked by revetment walls that curve round at the top towards the pool. At the foot of the weir they are joined to a bridge of two segmental rubble arches with projecting rubble courses above, standing on rectangular piers. There are plain parapets with flat copings. At the south-west corner, the parapet continues and curves to contain a solid rectangular stone trough with two basins cut out of it. This belongs to the now demolished Hough-hole cotton-spinning mill, which was in the garden of Wayside Cottage.

<4> Calladine A & Fricker J, 1993, East Cheshire Textile Mills, p.164 (ECTMS 141) (Book). SCH1093.

<5> Boddington, T, 1996-2017, Happy Valley, www.happy-valley.org.uk/history/mill-houghhole.htm (Web Site). SCH8292.

A large cotton spinning mill know as the White Shop due to the building being (unusally) white washed. Originally water powered, a steam engine was later installed with the boiler house chimney being sited up the hill in order to reduce the amount of building height required.

<6> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 339/2, 1850 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The mill, mill pond and weir is depicted, the chimney is not. The plot is described as 'Pond and Factory'. It is owned by James Mellor and occupied by Stephen Sheldon.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9476, 1873 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

The mill, many buildings in the immediate vicinity and the chimney are depicted. The mill pond appears to have largey silted up. The weir is still extant.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9476, 1897-1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The silted area of the former mill pond is now a reservior. The mill's chimney is no longer extant.

<9> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey, Run 45 no.4038, Run 46 no.4003, 07/07/1971 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

The mill has been demolished.