Description

SD 73 SE
3/38

PADITHAM
FACTORY LANE
No. 2

II
Cotton mill, now shop, early C19 (the datestone which reads H. Helm 1807 may not be in situ). Coursed sandstone and slate roofs, except on right-hand addition which has stone slates. 3 storeys and 8 bays with a 2-bay projection with heavy quoins to left and a narrow addition under a gable roof to right; this latter carries datestone above what may have been a staircase projection. Lower roof of left-hand projection is original, but top storey of 8-bay block was rebuilt with taller windows c.1900. All windows have plain reveals.
Interior: original construction must have had unsupported beams spanning c. 9m between the walls, but on ground floor and first floor some of these are now supported on cast-iron columns. On ground floor there are also 3 cast-iron columns of cruciform cross-section with U-shaped heads which must have supported the bearings of shafts which drove machinery.

Listing NGR: SD7938934045

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26530778

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)