Albion Mill

MACCLESFIELD

SJ97SW LONDON ROAD 886-1/4/117 (East side) 15/11/87 Albion Mill (Formerly Listed as: LONDON ROAD Albion Mill, not including later additions rear and north)

GV II

Silk mill. Dated 1843, with later alterations. For Thomas Heapy. Red brick on rubble stone basement with sandstone dressings and slate roof. 4 storeys on basement. 15 bays, the central 5 bays slightly advanced. Giant pilasters mark the angles. Basement has fifteen C20 windows in original openings with timber lintels. Above, each floor has 15 four-pane metal windows in original openings with stone sills and lintels. Timber eaves brackets. Stone parapet to central bays with raised pointed panel inscribed 'Albion Mill 1843'. Hipped roof. Rear elevation has projecting stair towers at each end, and central projecting privy tower. 3 similar bays to south elevation, with 6-storey, 4-bay wing to east. This wing has similar, slightly smaller windows to each floor and segmental voussoired archway through the building to lower right. Stair tower forms end of small cross wing beyond, with stone architrave to entrance at base of stairs. INTERIOR: internal structure has cast-iron columns carrying timber beams, with timber roof.

Listing NGR: SJ9201472457