Oakwood Mill

STALYBRIDGE GRENVILLE STREET SJ 99 NE (off Huddersfield Road) 4/185 Oakwood Mill - II

Former cotton spinning mill, used for various light-industrial purposes at time of inspection (September 1991'). Front (south) range dated 1856, rear (north) range dated 1857, built as a specialised spinning mill for the Staley Mill Company. Coursed millstone rubble; roofs mainly flat but where pitched they are of Welsh Slate. Fireproofed throughout. South range (former warehouse) of 3 storeys, spinning mill (north) of 4; carding sheds, engine house with rope drive house, and boiler house with stack survive complete to west. The main ranges form a T-plan overall. Warehouse 19 x 4 window bays, mill 28 x 6. All windows with lintels and sills, generally 6 panes. plain parapet. Principal rusticated arch mutilated; similar but smaller secondary entrance to office intact. North end wall of mill contains integral privy block marked by 3 slit windows to each floor (occupying one full window bay). Carding sheds under 3 hipped roofs, 2 storeys 6 x 6 window bays. Adjacent engine house with pilasters, plain parapet, dentilled string above impost level of central large round-headed end opening (partly infilled with brick). Flat-headed side windows retain some original glazing. Boiler house with 2 tiers of 2 round-headed windows to north end only (partly obscured by late C20 addition). Octagonal stack with string set high and cap intact. At junction of mill and warehouse (SE) a crenellated clock tower dated 1857. Interior: fireproofed throughout; brick arches on iron girders and circular-section columns with fluted capitals. Some warehouse floors flagged; elsewhere some floors re-boarded. Engine-house with white reflective wall tiles, the roof of queen-post and arch brace construction. Boiler house with brick arched ceiling.

Listing NGR: SJ9783699667