Woodlands Mill

Woodlands Mill is a worsted spinning mill complex dating back to approximately 1812, with significant alterations and additions made in the late 19th century. The mill was originally built for Thomas Pearson and Sons. The original mill building forms the central element, a four-story structure with a decreasing number of bays on each floor as the site slopes, featuring nine bays on the southwest front. To the rear is an added combing shed. A further mill building was added around 1860 to the southeast, a five-story structure with nine bays, characterized by continuous cill bands, six-pane glazing bar windows, and a dentilated eaves band. A small square turret rises above the roof, capped by a pyramidal roof, located at the northwest corner. The new engine house and associated rope race extend to the east. A weaving shed, also dating to approximately 1860, is connected to the northwest of the original mill; it is single-story, ten bays by ten bays, with a north-light roof. Blacksmiths’ and joiners’ shops are attached to the southwest, featuring a nine-bay southeast front with loading access to the west. A tall, circular chimney stack projects through the roof at the northeast corner. The southwest gable front, facing the street, has three windows and a blocked taking-in door on each floor, with a single plain sash window in the gable above. To the left is the blank wall of the weaving shed, and to the right, the three-story office block adjoins the main entrance and has continuous cill bands and a dentilated eaves band. The office’s right side features two bays with a single louvred opening above a single window, and two windows above that. To the left, a chamfered section incorporates a large ground floor access door, above which are two glazing bar windows, and further two windows above. To the far left are the remnants of a former entrance arch that linked to the now-demolished old and new warehouses. In 1847, the mill was purchased by John Clough of Keighley, and the works were expanded until the company ceased operating in 1939. The building is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roofs.