Description

MACCLESFIELD

SJ9173SW BROWN STREET
886-1/11/11 (North East side)
22/03/83 Brown Street Mill

II

Silk mill. c1840. Brick with hipped slate roof. 2 ranges at
right angles enclosing courtyard. 4 storeyed, 7-window range
to Brown Street with 11-window return to Statham Street. Plain
pilasters at angles and between bays 3 & 4. Main doorway to
left with stuccoed architrave with deep entablature surmounted
by shallow pediment. Inserted doorway to right. Windows all
30-paned with flat-arched brick heads and stone sills. Moulded
stone brackets carry guttering. Small domestic-type stack on
gable, the main chimney incorporated in small projection from
rear gable of Statham Street range, presumably the engine
house. Privy tower against rear of this range, and a
3-storeyed lean-to against rear of Brown Street range.
INTERIOR: internal construction apparently cast-iron columns
supporting timber beams, and king post roof.
(Calladine, Fricker et al: East Cheshire Mills Survey).

Listing NGR: SJ9141573166

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502077

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback