Vale Mills (Oldest Part Only)

Vale Mills is an early 19th-century cotton mill built for John Greenwood and his Son. It features coursed millstone grit and a graduated Westmorland slate roof. The mill has a 'T'-shaped layout, with a three-storey trunk that spans the river and road, and an office block at the south end of the mill yard. There are two-storey ranges extending to the west and east. The three-storey section includes a quoined, shouldered arch over the road and a lower segmental arch with rusticated voussoirs and spandrels over the river. The building has many small-paned windows with stone lintels and continuous cill bands, topped with ashlar coping. The Greenwoods also constructed a row of cottages and a school nearby.