Waterside Mill

SD 82 SE, 7/15

BACUP, BURNLEY ROAD, Waterside Mill

II

Cotton mill, dated 1839 on wagon entrance. Coursed sandstone blocks, slate roof, chimney at right front corner, now cut down. Rectangular 11-window plan, 3½ storeys, gable to road. This end, which has a short, three-storey extension covering the centre and right-hand side, incorporates the engine house and chimney which is embraced by the right-hand corner; round-arched wagon entrance to the left-hand side of the gable wall has projecting keystone inscribed "1839", and above this are three vertically aligned windows in reduced openings, probably originally loading doors. Side walls have vertical rectangular windows with plain sills and heads, altered glazing; unusual triple gutter brackets. Rear, built into a slope, becomes 21 storeys, has 3-stage loading doors in the centre from the second floor to the apex (fire escape now leading from the centre of these), two vertically aligned doors below and to the left, and various small windows. INTERIOR: iron columns supporting timber beams which pass through cast iron stirrups at the heads.

Listing NGR: SD8669623244