Building record 2608/0/1 - Nos. 30, 30A & 32 Townley Street

Row of 3 houses with former weavers' garret over, now 2 houses with commercial premises above, dating to around 1830. Brick with Welsh slate roof. 3-storeyed, 4 window range. 3 doorways toward center, the central doorway giving direct access to the staircase serving the upper floor only. 2-pane sash windows each side of doorways. Blocked doorway to left. Undivided garret floor lit by three 3 light long windows, former horizontally sliding sash windows, but now renewed in original openings. Axial stacks. The building is of special interest as a rare example of a type of weaving workshop and terraced housing in which the garret is not accessible via the houses (1).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 866-1/12/207 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Revised List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Borough of Macclesfield 1994/ 148 (Unpublished Report). SCH4570.