Latitude: 53.3005 / 53°18'1"N
Longitude: -2.1006 / 2°6'2"W
OS Eastings: 393392
OS Northings: 378173
OS Grid: SJ933781
Mapcode National: GBR FZS8.0L
Mapcode Global: WHBBH.P9XM
Plus Code: 9C5V8V2X+5Q
Entry Name: Clarence Mill
Listing Date: 10 November 1977
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1138958
English Heritage Legacy ID: 57935
ID on this website: 101138958
Location: Bollington, Cheshire East, Cheshire, SK10
County: Cheshire East
Civil Parish: Bollington
Built-Up Area: Bollington
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Bollington
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Cotton mill
SJ 97 NW BOLLINGTON CLARENCE BROW (West Side)
2/18 Clarence Mill.
10/11/1977
II
Cotton Mill: core c1830, extension to the left dated 1854, and extension to the right c1900, for the Brooks Swindells partnership. Hammer-dressed sandstone, green and Welsh slate roof, tall red brick mill chimney. 5-storey, 51-bay canal front. Central 20 bays (original mill) have 4 and 6 pane wooden casements. 15 bays to left have similar windows but rusticated elliptical head to a door inscribed BROOKS SWINDELLS 1854. One storey extension at left end towards canal also has rusticated opening. 16 bays to right have orange, gauged and rubbed brick headed openings. At left, projecting 6-stage water tower, including staircase, has clasping square pilasters and triple round-headed lights to stairs. Hipped mansard roof. Remainder has 9-pane windows. One-storey 2-bay engine house to right with semi-circular headed windows.
Called a "fine example of a mid C19 cotton mill" by Ashmore, The Industrial Archaeology of North-West England Manchester University Press, 1982 and a more detailed history given by the Wilmslow Historical Society Cotton Town: Bollington and the Swindells Family, 1973.
Listing NGR: SJ9339278173
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