Slingfield Mills, Main Block

1. 5250 KIDDERMINSTER SLINGFIELD MILLS Main Block SO 87 NE SP/672 0/672 GV II 2. Mill building for carpet yarn. 1864-70 for Thomas Lea. Red brick with blue and buff brick bands and features, stone dressings, slate roof with eleven ridge vents. A large rectangular building of four storeys. Stone coped pediment and gables. On either side of south, 5 bay pediment wall a one bay turret projects to east and west. A short wing, one bay deep and three bays wide, projects from the west wall at the north end with a similar turret set into the re-entrant angle. An opposing turret on the east wall all the turrets have pyramidal slate roofs. Eighteen window bays between turrets on east and west sides (3.1.18.1). The whole building is crowned by a stone eaves cornice supported on deep closely spaced buff brick moulded corbels. Between corbels a decorative square panel of blue and buff bricks over a continuous moulded string course. The corners of the main block, wing and turrets have clasping pilaster buttresses with alternating bands of red and blue brick. The ground floor windows are set under semicircular arches with flush raised key blocks on moulded stone impost. Windows to floors above have slightly pointed segmental arched heads in alternating bands of blue and buff brick linked by bands in buff brick. All windows have continuous stone string course cills. Some original fixed sashes with glazing bars (3 x 3 panes) with pivoted sash above upper transom. Other windows have later brick blocking. A pierced stone framed lunette opening in each pediment. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO8296976549