Crusader Works is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Cotton mill. 7 related planning applications.
Crusader Works
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-flint-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1994
- Type
- Cotton mill
- Address
- Crusader Works, Chapeltown Street, M1 2WH
- OS grid reference
- SJ 851 980
- Coordinates
- 53.47875, -2.22552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Crusader Works is a building that was likely a cotton spinning mill, now serving as a works. It dates from the mid-19th century and has been altered over time. The structure is made of red brick with some sandstone dressings, and the roof is not visible. It has a very long rectangular shape that runs parallel to the street.
The building features a six-storey section with 28 windows, along with a three-storey continuation with four windows at the west end. There are panelled corner pilasters with stone cornices, and a parapet with stone coping. The centre section, which has eight windows, slightly projects forward. The windows are vertical-rectangular with raised sills and flat-arched heads; those in the west part are mostly four-pane sashes, while the others have altered glazing. There is an inserted doorway in the second bay of the centre, and round-headed doorways in the first and fourth bays of the right-hand portion, with the rightmost doorway altered to function as a window.
Local climate
Crusader Works sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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