Kearsley Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1996. Mill. 2 related planning applications.
Kearsley Mill
- WRENN ID
- fossil-storey-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1996
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Kearsley Mill, Crompton Road, M26 1RH
- OS grid reference
- SD 751 057
- Coordinates
- 53.54751, -2.37635
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kearsley Mill is a cotton spinning mill built between 1904 and 1908 for the Kearsley Spinning Company. It features red brick construction with a cream brick top storey and detailing, and is made of steel framed and concrete materials, with rolled steel beams encased in plaster or concrete.
The mill consists of a tall rectangular block with five storeys above a basement. At the southeast corner, there is a stair tower with an integral water tank topped by a domed roof, and the lower corners are decorated with pilasters. A full-height chimney is located to the northwest, displaying white lettering that reads "V/ER/KEARSLEY."
To the west, there is a single-storey block that has a tall, round-arched window, which was formerly used as an engine house and a range of offices. This mill is a near-complete example of an early 20th-century spinning mill designed to be powered by electricity generated on site using steam turbine generators. The electrical motors were located in an attached projecting tower, and the mill operated using a group drive system, where each motor powered a group of machines through line shafting.
Local climate
Kearsley Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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