Monument record 2612/1/4 - Lowerhouse Mill

<1> Calladine A & Fricker J, 1993, East Cheshire Textile Mills, p.63, 164 (Book). SCH1093.

One of the fourteen mills built in Bollington and Rainow by 1806, and one of five which used a steam engine as a supplementary power source.

<2> Longden G, 1988, The Industrial Revolution in East Cheshire: Six Theme Walks, p.15 (Book). SCH3193.

three storied stone built mill built in 1792, closed in 1825, and demolished in 1899. Only the reservoir survives. The mill site is now covered by the filtration beds of a water treatment works.

<3> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 339/2, 1850 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts a T shaped building at this location. No further details.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9576, 1873 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts a rectangular building aligned north-south along its longest axis. A narrow rectangular building is depicted against the northern elevation. A smaller building is depicted on the western side of the southern elevation. It is labelled Cotton Mill (Disused). To the west of the building is a sub rectangular pond. The ponds dam is depicted on the western side and a sluice is depicted one quarter of its length from the northern end. A chimney c.13 metres to the north of the building, and within a sperate plot, may or may not be related.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9576, 1897-1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

The mill building is no longer extant. The pond is still extant and labelled Reservoir.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9576, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

The chimney is still extant. The former mill pond is labelled Reservoir (Bollington U.D. Council Water Works). The site of the mill building is labelled Filter Bed.