Description

SJ 97 NW BOLLINGTON CLARENCE BROW
(West Side)

2/18 Clarence Mill.

10/11/1977

II

Cotton Mill: core c1830, extension to the left dated 1854, and
extension to the right c1900, for the Brooks Swindells partnership.
Hammer-dressed sandstone, green and Welsh slate roof, tall red brick
mill chimney. 5-storey, 51-bay canal front. Central 20 bays
(original mill) have 4 and 6 pane wooden casements. 15 bays to left
have similar windows but rusticated elliptical head to a door
inscribed BROOKS SWINDELLS 1854. One storey extension at left end
towards canal also has rusticated opening. 16 bays to right have
orange, gauged and rubbed brick headed openings. At left, projecting
6-stage water tower, including staircase, has clasping square
pilasters and triple round-headed lights to stairs. Hipped mansard
roof. Remainder has 9-pane windows. One-storey 2-bay engine house to
right with semi-circular headed windows.

Called a "fine example of a mid C19 cotton mill" by Ashmore, The
Industrial Archaeology of North-West England Manchester University
Press, 1982 and a more detailed history given by the Wilmslow
Historical Society Cotton Town: Bollington and the Swindells Family,
1973.

Listing NGR: SJ9339278173

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Clarence Mill at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5126667

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)