Galgate Silk Mills

A silk mill, built in 1852 for John Armstrong, and later converted into warehouse units. The building is constructed of brick with a ridge-and-furrow slate roof. It is five storeys high, with nine bays, and features corners treated as pilasters topped with stone capitals. The windows have stone lintels and small panes, with the upper lights designed to pivot horizontally. The central bay contains loading doors, some of which have been partly blocked to create windows on the ground, first, and third floors. The main entrance is located in the first bay, which is surmounted by a sprinkler tank. A two-storey range of similar appearance is linked to the main building to the north. Behind the main building, between its two parts, stands a boiler house with a tapering brick chimney of square plan. The interior is said to have wooden floors supported by iron columns.