Alder Mill Office, Including Entrance Gate To West

LEIGH CLYDE STREET SD 69 NE 6/27 Alder Mill Office, including entrance gate 18/11/81 to west II Office wing of former Alder Mill (now demolished). 1907. Henthorn Scott. Brick with terracotta dressings. 8 x 4 bays with 1 storey. Red brick with blue brick plinth, yellow brick bands and yellow terracotta dressings. Window openings with cambered brick arches and keystones which rise above a cornice to be terminated as capped features above the parapet which is characteristic of Scott's work. On the front side only is a series of 3-light blind mullioned openings above the cornice. Door to left with fanlight and archivolt. Above it rises an octagonal corner feature with cupola set back behind a parapet which echoed that of the mill water-tower. Other elevations use a similar architectural vocabulary. Elaborate cast-iron gates and piers with moulded Art Nouveau decoration. Interior includes decorated panelling, stained glass, Art Nouveau tiling and highly enriched cast-iron wash-basin stands in a modified Adam style.

Listing NGR: SJ6698599655