Falcon Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1974. Cotton spinning mill. 7 related planning applications.
Falcon Mill
- WRENN ID
- fading-pillar-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1974
- Type
- Cotton spinning mill
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BOLTON
SD7011SE HANDEL STREET 797-1/10/118 (East side) 24/04/74 Falcon Mill
II
Cotton spinning mill. 1903, built by G Temperly for Falcon Mill Ltd. Brick with yellow brick bands. Flat roof and internal concrete and steel construction. EXTERIOR AND PLAN: 6 storey, 9x8 bays, with tower in south-west corner. 3 large flat-headed windows in each bay (2 windows in shorter north elevation), with yellow and blue brick lintels, and stone sills. Tower has terracotta dressings and steep pavilion roof behind parapet. Canopy over modified loading bay in south elevation, with added lift tower. Projecting block at south-east corner may possibly incorporate remains of original engine house and boiler house, but is largely later C20. Privy tower projects from north-east angle, and there is a 2-storey card room extension along the eastern side of the mill. Chimney offset to south-east of site. Heavily modified entrance lodge adjoining site entrance to west. INTERIOR: not inspected. Reputed to be one of the first mills to be equipped with concrete filler joist floors, but the internal structure has been modified. (Greater Manchester Archaeological Unit: Greater Manchester Sites and Monuments Record; Longworth J: The Cotton Mills of Bolton: Bolton: 1987-).
Listing NGR: SD7068011073
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