Crompton Road Mill
CROMPTON ROAD MILL, CROMPTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1206907
- Date first listed:
- 28-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Crompton Road Mill
- Statutory Address:
- CROMPTON ROAD MILL, CROMPTON ROAD
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- Date:
- 1999-08-31
- Reference:
- IOE01/01618/25
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1206907
- Date first listed:
- 28-Oct-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Crompton Road Mill
- Statutory Address 1:
- CROMPTON ROAD MILL, CROMPTON 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:
- CROMPTON ROAD MILL, CROMPTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Macclesfield
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 91087 73559
Details
MACCLESFIELD
SJ9173NW CROMPTON ROAD 886-1/9/74 (East side) Crompton Road Mill
GV II
Silk weaving and cotton spinning mill. c1825, with late C19 additions. Brick with slate roof replaced by corrugated sheeting. Built on a steeply sloping site, 3-storeyed in wing facing street, 5-storeyed in main range parallel to street. Main range of 12 bays, with 3-bay wing at one end facing street and adjoining gable of main range. Gable refronted (or mill extended) later C19. Entrance in the gable, a round-arched doorway to ground floor, and loading doors to upper floors. Hoist projects over upper loading door. 2 windows to left, and inserted lower doorway. 3 windows in the wing. Windows all transoms with flat-arched heads. Many original small-paned fixed light windows survive in the main range, although some have been renewed with top opening lights, all in original openings with flat-arched heads. Privy tower projects from the south-east angle. INTERIOR: internal structure has single row of slim cast-iron columns carrying timber beams, with timber roof structure. Formerly steam-powered, the engine house (which does not survive intact) was to the east of the mill building. (Fricker, Calladine et al: Macclesfield Mills Survey).
Listing NGR: SJ9108773559
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 390974
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Calladine, A, Fricker, J et al, East Cheshire Textile Mills, (1993)
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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