Lowerhouse Mill Premises Of Slater Harrison Limited

Lowerhouse Mill, formerly a cotton mill and now a paperworks, was built in 1811 for George Antrobus, with a steam engine house added around 1835 for Samuel Greg. The building is constructed from hammer-dressed buff sandstone and features an asbestos roof. The main part of the mill has a symmetrical east front that is four storeys high and consists of 23 bays (11:1:11) with 12-pane windows set under plain stone lintels. The central bay includes a projecting staircase tower topped with a stone-coped gable, which has windows on the sides and a clock face on the south and east sides. To the right of the main building is a two-storey former water turbine house, which was the original power source for the mill. On the left, there is a four-storey, two-bay beam engine house with semi-circular headed windows, accompanied by two one-storey boiler houses. Inside, the mill is divided by two lines of plain cast-iron columns that support cast-iron beams and low brick arches. Samuel Greg, the son of the founder of Styal Mill, operated the mill as a co-operative for 14 years. All additions to the described parts of the mill are not considered of special interest.