Description

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SE 1633
35/331

CAPE STREET BD1
Ambler Mill and Midland Mills Warehouses

(Formerly listed as Midland Mills Warehouses)

II
1871-3. Large mill complex extending back to Valley Road. One warehouse has been
demolished as has chimney. The Midland Mills are an Andrews and Pepper design prior
to their major commission for Manningham Mills. The surviving warehouse and spinning
mill ranges flank Cape Street with a linking lodge at second floor level. Four-
storeys, the north block of sandstone "brick" with ashlar dressings, the south block
of ashlar. Sill bands, modillion bracket eaves cornices and parapets. The south
range low rock faced semi-basement. Aprons to tall ground floor windows. Close
set ashlar lintelled windows, segmental arched to ground floor. The south block is
in 2 builds, the return to Valley Road with pediment-gable and slightly lower range
to Canal Road with corner pavilion, the parapet surmounted by iron scrolled
cresting.

Listing NGR: SE1643033823

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26606033

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)