Main Building to South at Buttershaw Mill, Fronting Road
MAIN BUILDING TO SOUTH AT BUTTERSHAW MILL, FRONTING ROAD, HALIFAX ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1133118
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Main Building to South at Buttershaw Mill, Fronting Road
- Statutory Address:
- MAIN BUILDING TO SOUTH AT BUTTERSHAW MILL, FRONTING ROAD, HALIFAX ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1133118
- Date first listed:
- 14-Mar-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Main Building to South at Buttershaw Mill, Fronting Road
- Statutory Address 1:
- MAIN BUILDING TO SOUTH AT BUTTERSHAW MILL, FRONTING ROAD, HALIFAX ROAD
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:
- MAIN BUILDING TO SOUTH AT BUTTERSHAW MILL, FRONTING ROAD, HALIFAX ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bradford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 13799 29247
Details
1. 5111 HALIFAX ROAD Buttershaw BD6
Main Building to south at Buttershaw
Mill, fronting road
SE 12 NW 11/575 14.3.83
II
2. Set well back from the road in an unusually open site, Buttershaw Mill is a virtually unaltered example of a mid C19 large worsted mill. It was built by the firm of S Bottomley and Brothers 1851-52, who first set up business in self employing hand loom weavers, later moving to Brighouse and then to Low Moor where they became established in the worsted trade. The firm subsequently expanded into alpaca and mohair. The plain 4-storey and attic spinning mill is built of sandstone "brick" with a long range of 22 marginal glazed, thin linteled, windows on ashlar sill bands. At the south-west corner is an ornate stair tower with 2 arched lights to each face and similar openings to the crowning belvedere with pyramidal lead roof and decorated iron weathervane. Slate roof with coped gable ends, corbel brackets to eaves. Linking the mill proper with the low parapeted range of the weaving shed, is the 2½-storey engine house surmounted by a triangular pediment; 2 tall round headed first floor windows in grooved ashlar surrounds and 2 smaller ones on ground floor with linking impost string. The rear elevation of the spinning mill has a bowed stair tower to centre. Internally a central row of cast iron columns support timber cross beams. The chimney stack to the north of mill has been lopped.
Listing NGR: SE1379929247
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 336522
- 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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