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Title: Washpit - HPC00271
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Title
Washpit - HPC00271
Description
NAME: WASHPIT MILLS
LOCATION: Washpit
REF: HU 21
GRID REF: 143 067
CLASSIFICATION: B and C
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid 19C – 20C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Situated just above Green Lane Mill, this small industrial complex is set amongst green fields and farmland. The site dates from c1810 but was rebuilt around 1840. Dating from this period is a four storey (plus attic) stone building along Georgian lines with an adjoining narrow three storey part at the top end of the site. Various other buildings have been added to the site, including a large double gabled mill building (mid-late 19C) and relatively modern weaving sheds. The base of a demolished stone chimney can be seen. However the old mill engine remains in situ. Large dam in good condition.
PRESENT USE AND POTENTIAL: The mill is still used for textile manufacturing – principally spinning – despite its fairly isolated position. The site provides good examples of mill building of varying ages.
Photo taken c1985.
LOCATION: Washpit
REF: HU 21
GRID REF: 143 067
CLASSIFICATION: B and C
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid 19C – 20C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Situated just above Green Lane Mill, this small industrial complex is set amongst green fields and farmland. The site dates from c1810 but was rebuilt around 1840. Dating from this period is a four storey (plus attic) stone building along Georgian lines with an adjoining narrow three storey part at the top end of the site. Various other buildings have been added to the site, including a large double gabled mill building (mid-late 19C) and relatively modern weaving sheds. The base of a demolished stone chimney can be seen. However the old mill engine remains in situ. Large dam in good condition.
PRESENT USE AND POTENTIAL: The mill is still used for textile manufacturing – principally spinning – despite its fairly isolated position. The site provides good examples of mill building of varying ages.
Photo taken c1985.
Creator
Harry Pogson
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Date
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Rights
PHDA - Harry Pogson Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
HPC00271.tif
Collection
Citation
Harry Pogson, “Washpit - HPC00271,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 16, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/7704.
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