Description

YORK

SE6151SW LAWRENCE STREET
1112-1/23/533 (South side)
13/06/88 No.30

GV II

Flax mill, now disused warehouse and offices. c1804 for
Stabler, Marshall & Co. (RCHM); additions of c1825 and c1835
for John Swale; C20 alterations. Brindled brick, sheet
asbestos roof.
EXTERIOR: 3-storey, 10-bay mill of c1804 extended, to north,
by 5-bay warehouse of c1825 and to south by 4-storey 15-bay
mill of c1835. The latter has a 3-storey 4-bay boiler house
projecting from its east side.
West side: 3-storey range has 1960 addition to bays 1 and 2;
through-passage to bay 5; various C20 casements with
projecting stone sills and segmental brick arches (some
openings altered); truncated stack on left and eaves stack
near centre. 4-storey range has similar openings with little
alteration; lavatory tower to bay 1, above which rises an
octagonal chimney.
East side: similar although with large openings of later date
to ground floor.
Boiler house: Bricked-up round arch on left of large C20
opening; original fenestration to drying rooms above has
multi-pane iron casements; truncated chimney stack to
rear-left corner.
INTERIOR: of 4-storey part: cast-iron columns and girders
support transverse brick arches; stone-flagged upper floors;
queen-post roof trusses.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Stabler, Marshall and Co became bankrupt in
1816; the premises were sold to John Swale who continued to
spin flax by steam power until c1850. A fire of 1825 may have
instigated the construction of the 4-storey mill. Powered
flax-spinning machinery was patented by Kendrew and Porthouse
in 1787 and Lawrence Street mill is amongst the earliest
buildings to have exploited this technology as well as being
the only steam-powered flax mill in York.
(An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of the City of York:
RCHME: Outside the City Walls East of the Ouse: HMSO: 1975-:
81).

Listing NGR: SE6112451316

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548851

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