Weaving Shed With Roadside Wall And Gatepiers At North End Of Oats Royd Mill Complex

The Weaving Shed with Roadside Wall and Gatepiers at the north end of the Oats Royd Mill complex is a 19th-century structure, dated "18 JM 87" (John Murgatroyd). It is constructed from coursed squared stone, with a roof made of Welsh slate and glass. The shed is a single tall storey, featuring 20 bays, with ranges that project southwards at the southwest and southeast corners. The west wall serves as a roadside wall and includes gate piers at the southern end.

On the east front, there are four large small-paned windows at low level on the left side, one of which is blocked. Above these windows is a band and additional inserted windows. The building has plain gutter brackets on the table, and the roof is ridged over each bay, with the north-facing pitches glazed and equipped with conical-capped ridge vents. The west front, facing the road, has a tall wall with flat coping that terminates in square-section rusticated piers topped with gabled capstones, although the southern capstone is missing.

On the left return of the weaving shed, there is a wide segmental-arched doorway with rusticated quoining, featuring a 4-panel double door, an overlight, and the date inscribed in the tympanum. Inside, the weaving shed is supported by cast-iron columns and wrought-iron fish-bellied girders. This structure is included for its group value within the mill complex.