Victoria Mill

Victoria Mill is a former Throstle cotton mill, later converted into an integrated mill in the 1890s, and is currently used for wholesale and miscellaneous purposes. It was built in 1855 for the Massey family and enlarged in 1889, with later alterations. The structure is made of coursed rubble and has slate roofs. The mill occupies a roughly triangular site bordered by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the north and Trafalgar Street to the south.

The original mill from the 1850s has an L-shaped plan, with the longer range running parallel to the street. It is double depth and features paired gables on the west side and a hipped roof on the east side, which may have been shortened. This section housed carding engines and roving frames on the ground floor, with mules on the upper floors, although the machinery has since been removed. The return range includes an integral engine house. The building stands four storeys tall, with a seven-stage tower added to the southeast in 1889, along with two-storey weaving sheds to the east.

On the street side, the mill has ten window bays across, with the eighth and ninth bays projecting. The windows feature continuous lintel bands and are mostly 6-pane casements, some of which have been altered. There are also taking-in doors at the centre of the rear gable wall. The rear elevation has similar window arrangements, with some windows blocked. The return wing, which contains the former engine house, is marked by a tall round-headed window opening. The later range connects with the canal. The 1889 tower has seven stages, each with round-headed windows, and the storeyed weaving sheds have intact roofs surrounded by a quoined perimeter wall, although the east elevation has been significantly altered.

Inside, the layout of iron columns reflects the use of different machinery on the upper and lower floors, with exceptionally wide aisles on the top two storeys. The mill retains its original hoist gear and is understood to contain an early sprinkler system.