Description

SD 82 SE, 7/15

BACUP,
BURNLEY ROAD,
Waterside Mill

II

Cotton mill, dated 1839 on wagon entrance. Coursed sandstone
blocks, slate roof, chimney at right front corner, now cut down.
Rectangular 11-window plan, 3½ storeys, gable to road. This end,
which has a short, three-storey extension covering the centre and
right-hand side, incorporates the engine house and chimney which is embraced
by the right-hand corner; round-arched wagon entrance to the
left-hand side of the gable wall has projecting keystone inscribed "1839",
and above this are three vertically aligned windows in reduced openings,
probably originally loading doors. Side walls have vertical
rectangular windows with plain sills and heads, altered glazing;
unusual triple gutter brackets. Rear, built into a slope, becomes
21 storeys, has 3-stage loading doors in the centre from the second
floor to the apex (fire escape now leading from the centre of these),
two vertically aligned doors below and to the left, and various small
windows. INTERIOR: iron columns supporting timber beams which pass
through cast iron stirrups at the heads.

Listing NGR: SD8669623244

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26328874

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)