Former Factory Building East Of Mill Court

This former factory building, located east of Mill Court in Barnard Castle, likely dates from the late 19th century. It was an additional structure for a former woollen mill that later became the North of England Chamois Leather Company factory, which produced industrial protective clothing from 1935 to 1983, particularly for the steel industry and the Admiralty. The main building is now known as Mill Court.

The factory is constructed of roughly coursed rubble with pecked quoins and stone dressings, topped with a roof of graduated slates featuring a wooden ridge ventilator. It is a single-storey building with seven bays. Each bay has a wide pecked stone lintel, with boarded double doors in the first two bays, while the third and fourth bays are blocked. The fifth, sixth, and seventh bays are blocked with corrugated iron. The beam ends are exposed below the eaves. The roof includes small central square chimneys with a top band, and to the right, there is a long, raised ridge ventilator with louvred sides. The right return of the building has a partly-blocked door and a small offshoot. The interior has not been inspected.