Lowerhouse Mill Premises Of Slater Harrison Limited

SJ 97 NW BOLLINGTON ALBERT ROAD (North Side)

2/1 Lowerhouse Mill (premises of Slater Harrison Ltd.)

GV II

Formerly cotton mill now paperworks: 1811 for George Antrobus, steam engine house added c.1835 for Samuel Greg. Hammer-dressed buff sandstone, and asbestos roof. Core of the mill has a 4-storey symmetrical 23-bay east front (11:1:11) with 12-pane windows under plain stone lintels. Central bay is a projecting staircase tower under a stone-coped gable with windows in the sides and a clock face on the south and east. To the right is a 2-storey, former water turbine house, original mill's power source. Added to left is a 4-storey 2-bay beam engine house with semi-circular headed windows served by 2, one-storey boiler houses. Interior: Mill divided by 2 lines of plain, cast-iron columns supporting cast-iron beams and low brick arches.

Samuel Greg (Styal Mill's founder's son) ran the mill as a co-operative for the long period of 14 years (OJP Bott Estate Villages in Cheshire forthcoming). All additions to the described parts of the mill are not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SJ9222777698