Description

LEEK

SJ9856SE ASHBOURNE ROAD
611-1/7/13 (North side)
18/04/91 London Mill
(Formerly Listed as:
ASHBOURNE ROAD
London Mill inc. Area Railings to S
& Chimney Stack immediately NNE)

GV II

Silk mill. Dated 1853. Brick with slate roof.
EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, 19- window range (8-3-8) with advanced
pedimented central bay stressed with stone quoins. Clock in
apex of pediment with date each side. Central doorway in
shallow pedimented architrave with acroteria. 20-pane iron
windows, some with central opening lights, with flat-arched
stone heads and stone cills. Overhanging eaves. Some renewed
or inserted loading doors in right-hand gable return.
Cast-iron fire escape stairs and doors in upper right-hand bay
and in lower gable return, possibly later C19 additions.
INTERIOR: has high first floor, possibly built to accommodate
Jacquard looms. Cast-iron columns support single longitudinal
beam. Truncated chimney detached to rear also dated 1853;
engine and boiler houses to rear, but power transmission
system largely secondary, with only slight evidence for
original system.

Listing NGR: SJ9891956421

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558962

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair