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Latitude: 52.8941 / 52°53'38"N
Longitude: -1.3437 / 1°20'37"W
OS Eastings: 444248
OS Northings: 333167
OS Grid: SK442331
Mapcode National: GBR 7GR.H33
Mapcode Global: WHDH2.BJC4
Plus Code: 9C4WVMV4+MG
Entry Name: Leavers Machine Shed at Draycott Mills
Listing Date: 25 January 1995
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1250092
English Heritage Legacy ID: 352027
ID on this website: 101250092
Location: Draycott, Erewash, Derbyshire, DE72
County: Derbyshire
District: Erewash
Civil Parish: Draycott and Church Wilne
Built-Up Area: Breaston
Traditional County: Derbyshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire
Church of England Parish: Wilne St Chad
Church of England Diocese: Derby
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SK 43 SW
1194-/3/10004
DRAYCOTT & CHURCH WILNE
MARKET STREET
(west side)
Leavers machine shed at Draycott Mills
II
GV
Cotton spinning mill, now lace factory. c1840-1850. Fireproof construction, brick and cast
iron, with rubbed brick and ashlar dressings. Flat roof behind coped parapet. Single storey, 4
x 2 bays. North and south sides have 4 segment arched cast iron glazing bar casements set in
segment arched recesses with rubbed brick heads. North east window replaced by late C20
double doors. East end adjoins the engine house of the front range. West end has 2 blank
recesses. Interior has in the centre 2 transverse cast iron beams carrying brick jack arches. At
each end, 3 lengthwise beams carrying smallerjack arches. 8 evenly spaced square skylights with
cast iron frames. 3 cast iron columns on the centre line, with bolting faces for lineshaft to run
transversely. The flat roof is said formerly to have been used as a water reservoir. This building
is part of an integrated works for the manufacture of cotton yarn and lace. This type of fireproof
construction is rare outside the cotton spinning districts of Greater Manchester. Single storey
fireproof buildings are extremely rare: the survey of Cotton Mills in Greater Manchester
recorded only two.
Listing NGR: SK4424833167
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