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Latitude: 52.9258 / 52°55'32"N
Longitude: -1.4757 / 1°28'32"W
OS Eastings: 435345
OS Northings: 336619
OS Grid: SK353366
Mapcode National: GBR PKD.MJ
Mapcode Global: WHDGT.9QJC
Plus Code: 9C4WWGGF+8P
Entry Name: Silk Mill Museum Of Making
Listing Date: 24 February 1977
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1287508
English Heritage Legacy ID: 402035
Also known as: silk mill of Derby
Industrial Museum
ID on this website: 101287508
Location: Derby, Derbyshire, DE1
County: City of Derby
Electoral Ward/Division: Arboretum
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Derby
Traditional County: Derbyshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire
Church of England Parish: All Saints Derby
Church of England Diocese: Derby
Tagged with: Mill Museum building Textile factory
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16 May 2022 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SK 3536 NW
2/136
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No 32 (Silk Mill Museum Of Making)
(Formerly listed as Industrial Museum)
II
Rebuilt in late C19, but the original site and retaining some of the brickwork of the silk mill established in 1717 by John Lombe, the first silk mill in this country. Red brick; of three and four storeys with octagonal tower block having octahedral slate roof. Built on arches on an island in the river. None of the original architectural ornament remains and the fine gates by Bakewell are now in Wardwick (qv).
The building converted to an Industrial Museum 1974.
Listing NGR: SK3534536619
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