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Title: Commercial Mill, Oldham Road, Ripponden - HPC00406
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Title
Commercial Mill, Oldham Road, Ripponden - HPC00406
Description
NAME: COMMERCIAL MILLS
LOCATION: Oldham Road, Ripponden
REF: RY 16
GRID REF: 035 192
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Mostly used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mostly 20C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Most of this site appears to have been demolished and cleared in order to erect new industrial units. An early 20C two storey stone and brick built building remains, but is of no great interest. The first mill here was built in 1856 by the Ripponden Commercial Company – the first mill in Yorkshire to be built by a joint stock company. A six storey mill was added in 1862 and the site was subsequently added to and rebuilt at later dates.
PRESENT USE AND POTENTIAL: The site seems to have been developed as a small industrial estate. The remaining buildings have been subdivided into units along with the modern warehouse units. A number of small firms are based here, although when visited there was space to let between 2,500 and 6,000 sq ft.
Photo taken c1985.
LOCATION: Oldham Road, Ripponden
REF: RY 16
GRID REF: 035 192
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Mostly used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mostly 20C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Most of this site appears to have been demolished and cleared in order to erect new industrial units. An early 20C two storey stone and brick built building remains, but is of no great interest. The first mill here was built in 1856 by the Ripponden Commercial Company – the first mill in Yorkshire to be built by a joint stock company. A six storey mill was added in 1862 and the site was subsequently added to and rebuilt at later dates.
PRESENT USE AND POTENTIAL: The site seems to have been developed as a small industrial estate. The remaining buildings have been subdivided into units along with the modern warehouse units. A number of small firms are based here, although when visited there was space to let between 2,500 and 6,000 sq ft.
Photo taken c1985.
Creator
Harry Pogson
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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Rights
PHDA - Harry Pogson Collection
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
HPC00406.tif
Collection
Citation
Harry Pogson, “Commercial Mill, Oldham Road, Ripponden - HPC00406,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/7839.
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