Brown Street Mill

Brown Street Mill is a silk mill built around 1840. It is constructed of brick and features a hipped slate roof. The building consists of two ranges at right angles that enclose a courtyard. The mill is four storeys high, with a seven-window range facing Brown Street and an eleven-window return on Statham Street. Plain pilasters are located at the corners and between the third and fourth bays. The main doorway is on the left, featuring a stuccoed architrave with a deep entablature topped by a shallow pediment. There is an inserted doorway to the right. All windows are 30-paned, with flat-arched brick heads and stone sills. Moulded stone brackets support the guttering. A small domestic-type chimney is located on the gable, while the main chimney is part of a small projection from the rear gable of the Statham Street range, which likely housed the engine. There is a privy tower at the rear of this range and a three-storeyed lean-to at the back of the Brown Street range. Inside, the construction features cast-iron columns that support timber beams and a king post roof.