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Latitude: 53.8667 / 53°51'59"N
Longitude: -1.9018 / 1°54'6"W
OS Eastings: 406552
OS Northings: 441165
OS Grid: SE065411
Mapcode National: GBR HR5Q.1N
Mapcode Global: WHB7W.R2KK
Plus Code: 9C5WV38X+M7
Entry Name: Mill Buildings at Low Mills
Listing Date: 12 February 1979
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1200162
English Heritage Legacy ID: 338250
ID on this website: 101200162
Location: Park Wood Bottom, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD21
County: Bradford
Civil Parish: Keighley
Built-Up Area: Keighley
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Keighley
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Spinning mill
KEIGHLEY LOW MILL LANE
SE 04 SE (west side)
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Mill Building at Low Mills
12.2.79
GV 11*
Mill building. Late. C18. Coursed squared stone, stone slate roof.
3 storeys, 10 bays. Built on a north-south axis. Ground floor: wheel
housing under voussoired round arch at left. Other openings altered,
but 2 16-pane sash windows in plain stone surrounds with raised cills
remain. 1st floor: casement windows in plain stone surrounds with raised
cills; loading door inserted in bay 3. 2nd floor: band. Loading door
on left. Casement windows with stone lintels and cills. Part of a complex
of mill buildings, others now demolished, which was important in containing
the first cotton mill in Keighley. The original mill building was begun
by the Ramsdens of Halifax and completed by Clayton and Walshman who
began cotton spinning in June 1780. The machinery was made under the
direction of Sir Richard Arkwright. Since the cotton-spinning process
was new to this area a number of employers were sent to Arkwright's works
at Cromford, Derbyshire, to master the techniques involved. (Hodgson,
pp 212-213). In the C19 the mill was converted to worsted. J Hodgson,
Textile manufacture in Keighley, 1879.
Listing NGR: SE0655241165
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