Description

FIRTH STREET
1.
5113
(North Side)
Priestroyd Mills
SE 1415 39/515 21.3.77.
II GV
2.
1835 and 1869. Hammer-dressed stone. Pitched slate roof. Block on corner
of Firth Street and Queen Street South 1869. 5 storeys to Firth Street, 4
to Queen Street South. Modillion eaves cornice. Coped gable ends on kneelers.
14 ranges of industrial windows to Queen Street South, 17 to Firth Street.
Chief feature is impressive chateau-like tower at the corner, of irregular
plan, its acute angle blunted: one storey higher than rest and crowned by steep
pitched tiled roof, with gabled lucarnes near top, and elaborate cast iron
cresting near apex. Near base is ashlar plaque, inscribed "Priestroyd Mills
1869".
Block to east, along Firth Street frontage presumably 1835. One storey. Coped
gable ends. 15 round-arched windows with vermiculated voussoirs and plain
continuous imposts. 3 windows at west end have mezzanine floor.
Chimney (to north of 1835 block) has octagonal red brick stack. Gates (at
east end of 1835 block) have 2 cast iron depressed arches, one broad, one very
narrow with "Priestroyd Iron Works 1835" in relief. Gates appear to be slightly
later: elaborate pattern, ornamental finials.

Listing NGR: SE1454415940

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26577941

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)