Drayton Mills

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SJ 6734 11/10002

MARKET DRAYTON CHESHIRE STREET

Drayton Mills

GV II

Corn mill. Circa 1898-9 for William Rogers, miller. Brick Flettons with orange brick dressings. Slate roofs with gabled ends. PLAN: L-shaped plan with carriageway through front range. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic. 6-bay front, the bays divided by giant brick pilasters, righthand 3 bays are gabled. 6-pane windows with top-opening lights and cement lintels. Carriageway to left of centre with blue brick jambs. The rear and side elevations have multi-pane cast-iron windows with segmental arches in giant segmentally-headed recessed panels and on the south side of the rear wing loading doors on each floor, gabled at head with hoist-housing. Corrugated asbestos first floor extension in angle at rear of front range. Small louvred ventilators on ridge of roofs. INTERIOR: The timber beams of the wooden floors are supported on thin cast-iron columns. Queen-post roofs. Some of the feed bins and seed cleaning and dressing machinery remain inside. SOURCES: Kelly's Directory 1900. Rowley,N., People and Events.

Listing NGR: SJ6729334536