The Oxford Mills
THE OXFORD MILLS, OXFORD STREET EAST
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1084307
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jul-1993
- List Entry Name:
- The Oxford Mills
- Statutory Address:
- THE OXFORD MILLS, OXFORD STREET EAST
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1084307
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jul-1993
- List Entry Name:
- The Oxford Mills
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OXFORD MILLS, OXFORD STREET EAST
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE OXFORD MILLS, OXFORD STREET EAST
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Tameside (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 93003 97915
Details
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE OXFORD STREET EAST SJ 99 NW (South east side) The Oxford Mills 1478/10008
G.V II
Integrated cotton mill comprising 2 spinning mills either side of a warehouse and office block, with weaving sheds attached to one mill. First mill dated 1840, the second, 1851. Warehouse building c. 1850. Weaving sheds possibly a later addition. Cast iron and brick fire-proof structure, with brick cladding and low pitched Welsh slate roofs. Mill no.1 of 6 storeys, 28x6 bays. Angles stressed with plain panelled pilasters with heavy stone capitals. Small brick arched windows with stone sills. Internal engine house to rear, in bay emphasised by pilasters. Semi-octagonal stair tower towards centre of inner face of mill, and storeyed bridge carried on cast-iron girders linking the spinning block to the ware house building which forms the central block of the complex. Warehouse also 5 storeyed, 10x5 bays with small brick arched windows. Front gable end comprises offices on 2 storeys, with central door in architrave with entablature carried on moulded console brackets, and flnking windows with stressed stone architraves with flat voussoir heads with key stones. Angles stressed. by plain panelled pilasters with stone capitals linked to moulded parapet with raised central blocking course. Very narrow single storeyed saw-toothed range of 8 bays to southwest side of this block, probably card room extension. A storeyed bridge links warehouse block to mill no.2. Dated 1851. 3 storeys but originally 4, and 10x5 bays. Weaving sheds adjoin mill no.2: Single storeyed but extensively altered. An important example of an integrated complex, planned as a series of linked blocks.
Listing NGR: SJ9300397915
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 358727
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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