Slater Terrace

Slater Terrace is a terrace of 11 cottages built around 1848-1850, located over a warehouse that has since been converted and is currently unoccupied. It was constructed for George Slater, who owned Clock Tower Mill. The two end houses were converted into an engine and boilerhouse after 1861, while the other cottages were altered around 1900 to serve as a winding room for Sandygate Mill, which is not included in this listing. The building is made of coursed squared sandstone and features a hipped slate roof. It has a rectangular double-depth plan, with each cottage being single-fronted. The structure is two storeys high above a single-storey warehouse, with one window for each cottage. There is a cast-iron balcony providing access to the doorways at first-floor level, a lintel-band above the windows at this level, and a gutter cornice. The first-floor doorways are square-headed with plain surrounds, recessed doors, and damaged overlights that still show remnants of geometrical glazing bars. The windows at ground and first-floor levels are vertical-rectangular, while the second floor has square windows with damaged small-paned sashes. Ridge chimneys are present. The interiors have not been inspected. This unusual structure is an important part of the industrial area known as "the Weavers' Triangle."