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SD 90 SW CHADDERTON VICTORIA STREET
780-1/40/10001 Manor Mill
II
Cotton spinning mill. 1906 by G. Stott for the Manor Mill Ltd. Cast
iron and steel construction, faced in brick with stone dressings and
flat roof. 5 storeys, 36 window range between corner towers, with 13 bay
returns. Wide windows separated by pilasters with decorative corbels
over 4th storey, and plain corbelling to ground floor. Stone sills
throughout, continuous to top storey. Decorative corbelled eaves band.
Single storey extension, presumably to card-room, along part of eastern
elevation. 2 taking in doors with cast iron architraves towards centre
of this elevation. Main tower at south-east corner has main entrance in
south elevation, in elaborate architrave with segmental pediment carried
on elongated console brackets. Pilasters carried on stone corbels mark
the projecting upper storey which has triple sash windows with
exagerated keystones, and is surmounted by an octagonal lantern with
lunettes. Copper dome over, with wrought iron brattishing in the form of
a coronet, and a flag staff. Power transmission to south, with
projecting engine house towards the west, with 4 round arched windows,
boiler house and chimney alongside, and rope race in centre of south
elevation, articulated by full height pilasters, and with raised parapet
over. Boundary wall to eastern boundary, brick with stone copings and
cast iron railings. Raking rusticated stone retaining wall to reservoir
against northern boundary. Separate lodge and office block towards south
east: also brick with stone dressings, single storeyed with flat roof,
doorway and two windows to street elevation, long return elevation with
further doorway to north. The mill is an impressive example of early C20
mill design, showing large-scale planning, in which functions were
Separated by storeys.

Listing NGR: SD9109305852

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Manor Mill, Chadderton at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6751360

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