The tunnel is to the right, Lobb Mill car park to the left and the picnic area to the right. The hillside had slipped causing damage to the tunnel, it was reinforced with a steel cage.
Wood Lane Hall is a Grade 1 listed building and was built in 1649 by John Dearden a yeoman clothier. The original timber framed house was encased in stone and enlarged, with the addition of a two storey porch which had an "apple and pear" window…
The large and magnificent Barkisland Hall, built by John Gledhill in 1638, loudly proclaims the middling gentry status of its builder, John Gledhill. Unique within the district in being three storeys high, it has a fully developed F-plan with a…
Turvin Mill was built in 1808. By 1833 it had a 10 HP water wheel and employed 57 workers (of which 31 were children). The water in the brook was supplemented by a catchwater drain half a mile long which collected the overflow from Whiteholm…
Victoria Mill was built by the Cragg Vale Manufacturing Co., a co-operative, in 1861, but went into liquidation by 1864 due to the 'Cotton Famine' and was sold to Hinchcliffe Hinchcliffe and Sons Ltd There were two 30HP engines and a 40HP water…
Mill, now converted to form shops, restaurant and craft workshops. c.1830. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof. 3½ storeys. Double-pile range under 2-span roof fronts river, elevation to road has canted end which breaks forward, this…
House at right angles to Brearley Hall dated 1897, used originally as billiard hall and bachelor accommodation to Brearley Hall (q.v.) now forms separate residence. Hammer dressed stone, ashlar dressings, stone slate roof. Good example of…
House at right angles to Brearley Hall dated 1897, used originally as billiard hall and bachelor accommodation to Brearley Hall (q.v.) now forms separate residence. Hammer dressed stone, ashlar dressings, stone slate roof. Good example of…