Range of Buildings Flanking North West Side of Thorp Arch Mill (Premises of Blanella Limited)
RANGE OF BUILDINGS FLANKING NORTH WEST SIDE OF THORP ARCH MILL (PREMISES OF BLANELLA LIMITED), BRIDGE FOOT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1313486
- Date first listed:
- 08-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Range of Buildings Flanking North West Side of Thorp Arch Mill (Premises of Blanella Limited)
- Statutory Address:
- RANGE OF BUILDINGS FLANKING NORTH WEST SIDE OF THORP ARCH MILL (PREMISES OF BLANELLA LIMITED), BRIDGE FOOT
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- Date:
- 2001-10-12
- Reference:
- IOE01/05033/14
- Rights:
- © Mr John Kilgallon. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1313486
- Date first listed:
- 08-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Range of Buildings Flanking North West Side of Thorp Arch Mill (Premises of Blanella Limited)
- Statutory Address 1:
- RANGE OF BUILDINGS FLANKING NORTH WEST SIDE OF THORP ARCH MILL (PREMISES OF BLANELLA LIMITED), BRIDGE FOOT
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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:
- RANGE OF BUILDINGS FLANKING NORTH WEST SIDE OF THORP ARCH MILL (PREMISES OF BLANELLA LIMITED), BRIDGE FOOT
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Leeds (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Thorp Arch
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 43160 45908
Details
SE 4245-4395 THORP ARCH BRIDGE FOOT LS23 (west side, off)
6/109 Range of buildings flanking north-west side of Thorp Arch Mill (premises of Blanella Ltd)
GV II
Range of mill buildings including kiln house and cottage, now part of factory. Probably late C18 and early C19. Coursed magnesian limestone, stone slate and sheet asbestos roofs. Elongated range of 3 builds. 4 and 3 storeys, 1:4:2 windows to 1st floor. Earliest part on left: large quoins; segmentally-arched door with unglazed window on right and old casement with glazing bars over; large C20 casement to 2nd floor and door on right giving access to bridge (not of special interest) forming link to Thorp Arch Mill (q.v.); casement window beneath segmental arch to 3rd floor. Concreted steps against left return give access to upper floor doorways. Adjoining 3-storey range set back on right has part-glazed door and 4-pane sash on left and on right a door with margin-glazed overlight and a 6-pane sash. 1st floor has small 2-light horizontally-sliding sashes with glazing bars and an altered 16-pane sash; C20 casements to 2nd floor. Angled back on right is a third range with segmentally-arched door to left, 3 casement windows and another door on right; large 2-light casements to 1st floor and external steps to segmentally-arched door on right; 2 small casements to 2nd floor. Interior:basement of 4-storey part has brick vaulting; roof has pattern-book king-post trusses. Thorp Arch Mill (q.v.) was originally built as a rape- seed oil mill in the lat C17 but this range probably served its later use as a paper mill under the ownership of Kelita Kitchen (Scott, p.21). Third part of range to right included for group value. B. M. Scott, Boston Spa, 1985.
Listing NGR: SE4316045908
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 342032
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Scott, BM, Boston Spa, (1985), 21
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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