Oats Royd Mill, Block To East Of Road

SOWERBY BRIDGE DEAN HOUSE LANE SE 0226 & SE 0326 (east side, off), 4/162 Luddenden Oats Royd Mill, block to east of 20.8.82 road (formerly listed as part of Oats Royd Mill) GV II Mill building, now largely unoccupied with some commercial premises. Dated 'JM 1863' for John Murgatroyd. Coursed square stone, slate roof. 4 storeys with basement. Gable end onto road: 3 bays. To right of centre a large round-arched doorway with quoins, part-blocked and with window, flanked by rusticated round-arched doorways with 8-panel double doors and fanlights. On each upper floor a central panelled double loading door flanked by 6-pane windows with stone lintels and projecting cills, 2 on the left blocked, and 2 on the right masked by later gantries crossing the road. Hoist in gable. Coping. Stack on left corner. Rear, overlooking valley: central square-section stair tower has paired windows on each floor, including basement, and single windows in returns, all being round-arched with keyed, imposted ashlar surrounds on cill bands, the lower halves louvred, the upper halves with glazing bars. Left return: 16:9 bays, the 16 left-hand bays breaking forward. Bay 16 formerly had lst-and 2nd-floor loading doors set in giant rusticated round arch, one of the stones dated. Other doorways have stone lintels: 6-pane windows with stone lintels and projecting cills. Gutter brackets on table. Interior: cast-iron columns support large-scantling cross-beams; timber joists and floorboards.

Listing NGR: SE0394626590