Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8498 REDHILL STREET, Ancoats
698-1/17/460 (North West side)
20/06/88 Doubling Mill and Fireproof Mill
(Formerly Listed as:
REDHILL STREET, Ancoats
(North West side)
Mill to NE corner of junction of
Bengal Street)

GV II*

Cotton doubling mills and warehousing, forming part of
Muarray's Mills (with Old Mill, Decker Mill and New Mill, qv),
and added to the site in 1842. Brick with slate roofs, and
internal construction (in Fireproof Mill) of cast iron columns
and beams in Doubling Mill. The 2 mills form an L-shaped block
of 5 storeys. Fireproof Mill (facing Bengal Street) is 7 bays
with entrance to yard to left; Doubling Mill is of 8 bays,
with internal engine house occupying 2 bays to W of site,
marked by round-arched windows. Other bays each contain small
window with flat arched stone head. Circular stair-tower
attached to rear of Doubling Mill, towards E, and small
ventilation tower projecting from rear of Fireproof Mill.
Included as significant components of Murrays Mills, an
important example of large scale mill development of the early
C19.

Listing NGR: SJ8510698622

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551277

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)