City Flour Mills

City Flour Mills comprises flour mills, a warehouse, and an office block, dating from 1850 and likely 1854. Originally built for J and J Hadley, millers, the warehouse suffered fire damage in 1888 and was partially rebuilt, incorporating silos for bulk wheat storage. Around 1898, a large wing was added to the south side, facing Commercial Road, to accommodate additional silos. A large concrete silo constructed in 1964 is not included as part of the listed building.

The building is constructed of brick and ashlar, with timber hoist housings and slate roofs. The plan consists of two parallel, end-gabled warehouses positioned at a right angle to Commercial Road. The eastern warehouse is older and smaller, with 20th-century extensions on the west side of the larger warehouse. Connected to the south-east is the office block facing south, with a wing extending to the rear left.

The east warehouse is four storeys high with an attic, while the south warehouse is five storeys high with an attic. Both have loading door openings in the centre of their end-gabled walls. The west warehouse features hinged casements with glazing bars in brick segmental arches in the gable-end walls above the ground floor loading doors. A carriageway is located in the south gable-end wall, incorporating a semicircular brick arch with a projecting keystone. Projecting, gabled, timber winch housings are situated above the upper-floor loading doors, featuring louvred openings to each floor.

The south elevation of the office block, dating from approximately 1850, is faced in ashlar, exhibiting an offset plinth and a crowning cornice with a blocking course. Three stone steps lead to a central doorway with a rectangular fanlight, framed by a moulded architrave and floating cornice supported by moulded consoles. The doorway has panelled double doors and margin lights within the fanlight. Original sash windows with 3x4 panes are located on the first floor within original openings, set within projecting stone sills. The later 19th-century rear wing is constructed of brick and has sashes with central vertical glazing bars.

The interior has not been inspected.