Building record 2887/41 - Salford Mill

Listed in the gazetteer of East Cheshire Mills (1). On OS 1st ed. 25" and 6" maps (2 & 3). A good example of 'Georgian' mill style; three storeys and a basement. Brick built, twelve bays long with a three bay pediment on the south front (4). Originally a silk mill. Early C19th red brick structure. Built on sloping ground with three storeys at the front and two storeys, plus basement, at the back. Eleven windows, generally retaining small paned iron lights, with stone lintels and sills. The small pediment in the centre originally contained a clock. Has a hipped slate roof (5).

<1> Calladine A & Fricker J, 1993, East Cheshire Textile Mills, p. 162 (Book). SCH1093.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1881-2, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 6 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2474.

<4> Ashmore, O, 1982, The Industrial Archaeology of North West England, p.35 (Book). SCH3181.

<5> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, SJ 8563 2/101 (Report). SCH1934.