Weir And Bridge By Wayside Cottage

The weir and bridge by Wayside Cottage were built around 1800 for James Mellor senior. They are constructed from coursed squared buff sandstone rubble with hammer-dressed copings. The weir features 14 stone steps and is flanked by revetment walls that curve at the top towards the pool. At the base of the weir, these walls connect to a bridge that has two segmental rubble arches with projecting rubble courses above, supported by rectangular piers. The bridge has plain parapets with flat copings. At the south-west corner, the parapet continues and curves to enclose a solid rectangular stone trough with two basins carved out of it. This structure is associated with the now-demolished Hough-hole cotton-spinning mill, which was located in the garden of Wayside Cottage.