Description

MACCLESFIELD

SJ9172 LONDON ROAD 886-1/8/118 (East side) 15/10/87 Byrons Mill

GV II

Silk mill. c1850-60. Red brick on rubble stone basement and ground floor, with stone and brick dressings and slate roof. 4 storeys on basement, 15 bays, the central 5 bays advanced. Giant pilasters topped by stone finials mark the angles and define the central section. Fenestration varies, but all windows have moulded bricks in segmentally-arched heads. Entrance in gable end, and loading doors inserted towards centre on 2nd and 3rd floors. 2 towers project from the rear elevation, housing the stairs. Against the central tower, is a lean-to engine house, containing remains of engine, the fly wheel and the fluted cast-iron columns carrying the beam remain in situ. INTERIOR: internal structure comprises a single row of cast-iron columns carrying timber beams on each floor.

Listing NGR: SJ9198872412

External Links

• Wikidata Q26502111

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)