Mill Building On South Bank Of Ashton Canal To East Of Hope Works

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

MANCHESTER

SJ8598 POLLARD STREET, Beswick And Clayton 698-1/17/540 (North West side) Mill building on south bank of Ashton Canal to east of Hope Works

GV II

Former textile mill. Probably mid C19. Red brick (roof concealed). Rectangular plan parallel to canal and immediately adjacent to it. Six-storey 8-window range with square tower at north-east corner, segmental-headed 9-pane windows except that at 1st floor next to tower which is round-headed; C20 fire escape at west end. Three-window right-hand return wall with wide rectangular windows to 1st-4th floors, all with large stone lintels. Forms part of impressive and evocative group of textile mills lining Ashton Canal in this locality.

Listing NGR: SJ8573398550

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1702 IOE Records taken by John Riley; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr John Riley. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project