Building at Former Arcon Engineering approximately 40 metres north east of Wallsuches House

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SD 61 SE 4/19

HORWICH WALLSUCHES Nos 34, 36 and 38, and Nos 20, 22-24 MILL VIEW LANE, Building at Former Arcon Engineering approximately 40 metres north east of Wallsuches House

(Formerly listed as Nos 20, 22-24 and 34-38, Building at Former Arcon Engineering approximately 40 metres north east of Wallsuches House, Mill View Road, previously listed as Building at Arcon Engineering approximately 40 metres north east of Wallsuches House (q.v.) CHORLEY OLD ROAD)

GV II Former factory building. Late C18. For Wallsuches Bleach Works. Dressed stone with quoins and slate roof. Two storeys, seven bays, the sixth and seventh bays project and are roofless (when surveyed). Windows have narrow lintels and casements, those to first floor with small panes, one ground-floor window is blocked. Large round-headed archways to second and sixth/seventh bays. Octagonal-faced clock in gabled dormer between second and third bays.

Wallsuches Bleach Works, founded 1775, was one of the first chemical bleach works in the country. A rare and early example of a bleach works building.

Listing NGR: SD6531111830