Manor Mill

Manor Mill is a cotton spinning mill built in 1906 by G. Stott for the Manor Mill Ltd. It features a cast iron and steel construction, faced in brick with stone dressings, and has a flat roof. The building stands five storeys tall and has a 36-window range between corner towers, with 13 bay returns. The wide windows are separated by pilasters, adorned with decorative corbels above the fourth storey, while the ground floor has plain corbelling. Stone sills run continuously to the top storey, and there is a decorative corbelled eaves band.

There is a single-storey extension along part of the eastern elevation, likely serving as a card-room, which includes two taking in doors with cast iron architraves towards the centre. The main tower at the south-east corner features the main entrance on the south elevation, framed by an elaborate architrave with a segmental pediment supported by elongated console brackets. The projecting upper storey is marked by pilasters on stone corbels and has triple sash windows with exaggerated keystones, topped by an octagonal lantern with lunettes and a copper dome, which is decorated with wrought iron brattishing resembling a coronet and includes a flag staff.

The mill includes power transmission to the south, with a projecting engine house to the west that has four round arched windows, alongside a boiler house and chimney. A rope race is located in the centre of the south elevation, articulated by full-height pilasters and topped with a raised parapet. The eastern boundary is marked by a brick wall with stone copings and cast iron railings, while a rusticated stone retaining wall supports a reservoir along the northern boundary. There is also a separate lodge and office block towards the south-east, which is single-storeyed, made of brick with stone dressings, featuring a flat roof, a doorway, and two windows on the street elevation, along with a long return elevation that includes another doorway to the north. Manor Mill is an impressive example of early 20th-century mill design, demonstrating large-scale planning with distinct functional areas separated by storeys.