Description

ACKLINGTON GUYZANCE BRIDGE
NU 20 SW
7/23
The Dye House
II
GV

Mill building. 1775, converted into flats 1968. Squared stone with roughly-
tooled dressings (except for top floor, brick in Dutch bond). Welsh slate
roof. 3 storeys, 14 windows. Each floor slightly recessed. Ground floor
shows C20 openings; upper floors have 2-pane casements with slightly-projecting
sills, those on top floor under segmental arches. Coped gables. The two left
bays are a 1985 extension in facsimile. Similar fenestration to rear.
Initially built as a foundry for tin and iron, and converted to a woollen mill
by John Reed in 1791, remaining in use as such until 1884; the derelict
building was taken over by Ellwood Holmes of Newcastle in 1915 to make Hydrate
of Alumina, a white pigment previously obtained from Germany. A Gilks water
turbine in the millrace provided hydroelectric power, the mill being one of
the first business premises thus lit in the country. The factory closed in
1930 after pollution of the river caused the Duke of Northumberland to refuse
renewal of the lease.

Listed for historical interest.

Listing NGR: NU2061002956

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293869

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)