Hartford Mill

Hartford Mill is a cotton spinning mill built in 1907 by FW Dixon for the Hartford Mill (Oldham) Company Ltd. The mill was extended in 1920 and 1924. It is likely constructed with a cast-iron and steel frame, featuring concrete flooring and brick walls with large windows. The mill is steam powered with rope transmission and has four and five storeys that adapt to the sloping site, measuring 25 bays long and 12 bays wide.

The corners of the main building are accentuated with wider pilasters between the windows, while ornamentation is mainly found on the tower that projects from the northwest corner. This tower rises two stages above the main roofline and is designed in a heavy Baroque style with stone dressings, including a chamfered cornice below a lantern-like upper storey, which may have originally had a dome. There is an additional stair tower in the center of the north elevation, featuring a stone pedimented cornice.

Each bay has wide windows, with panelled pilasters present only on the upper storey. The northeast range includes current loading bays, while a single-storeyed extension to the card room is located along the south elevation. The power transmission area is situated at the southwest of the main block, where the engine house projects and is expressed as a five-window range and three storeys. The western elevation features a rope race with triple central windows flanked by blind panels and pilasters at the corners. A detached boiler house is located to the west of the mill, and a chimney is positioned to the south of the engine house, displaying the mill's name and corbelled bands in white brick.