Description

SJ 97 NW BOLLINGTON ALBERT ROAD
(North Side)

2/1 Lowerhouse Mill
(premises of
Slater Harrison Ltd.)

GV II

Formerly cotton mill now paperworks: 1811 for George Antrobus, steam
engine house added c.1835 for Samuel Greg. Hammer-dressed buff
sandstone, and asbestos roof. Core of the mill has a 4-storey
symmetrical 23-bay east front (11:1:11) with 12-pane windows under
plain stone lintels. Central bay is a projecting staircase tower
under a stone-coped gable with windows in the sides and a clock face
on the south and east. To the right is a 2-storey, former water
turbine house, original mill's power source. Added to left is a
4-storey 2-bay beam engine house with semi-circular headed windows
served by 2, one-storey boiler houses.
Interior: Mill divided by 2 lines of plain, cast-iron columns
supporting cast-iron beams and low brick arches.

Samuel Greg (Styal Mill's founder's son) ran the mill as a
co-operative for the long period of 14 years (OJP Bott Estate Villages
in Cheshire forthcoming). All additions to the described parts of the
mill are not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SJ9222777698

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26431952

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