Description

SO 8104 KING'S STANLEY RYEFORD

10/24 Power loom shed at Stanley Mills
to north west of main building
24.11.76

GV II

Former power loom shed. 1854, for S.S. Marling. Ashlar limestone
piers, brick infill. Flat roof not visible for inspection. South
part in coursed rubble with blue brick arches. Four-storey,
adjoining west end of main building (q.v.). Side: 10 bays divided
by stone piers. Windows of weaver's type (tall vertical panes),
square-headed to top and bottom floors, segmental-arched to middle
2 floors. Three-window fenestraton to east side of stone-built
range with blue brick segmental-arched heads and small-paned
casements. Main part stands on bridge of 4 keyed stone arches
spanning River Frome. North end formerly with parapet gable,
dismantled in C20 alteration to flat roof. Interior not inspected.
Built to provide accommodation for first power weaving looms at
mill.
(Illustrated in K.G. Ponting, The Woollen Industry of South West
England, 1971; and J. Tann, Gloucestershire Woollen Mills 1967)

Listing NGR: SO8115304273

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26383084

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