Shaddon Mill

Shaddon Mill is a cotton factory, later converted into industrial units, constructed between 1835 and 1836 for Peter Dixon, designed by Richard Tattersall. The building is constructed of squared red sandstone blocks with a chamfered plinth, ashlar quoins, an ashlar eaves band, and a solid parapet. It has a slate roof with skylights, and a detached chimney which is listed separately. The building is seven storeys high, with a 22-bay main section and a five-bay return to each side. A lower, single-bay engine house is located to the left, alongside a two-storey, seven-bay boiler house. It features fireproof floors.

The facade to Junction Street is characterised by regularly spaced, 20th-century casement windows set within original stone surrounds with hood cornices. Bays project slightly at each end of the facade. The right return has a projecting central three-bay section, the last bay on the right being for loading. The left return has several blind windows. The engine house features a large casement window with glazing bars in a stone architrave, topped with a dentilled cornice. The boiler house has similar casement windows to the main factory. The rear of the boiler house has plank doors under Diocletian windows, some with original radial glazing bars.

Inside the factory, an off-centre stone staircase encircles a lift shaft (possibly a later addition). Cast-iron pillars support girders and brick vaulted ceilings supported by brick vaults. The floor tiles are stamped "R. ASHTON & CO, BUCKLEY (Flintshire)". Records from the Carlisle Journal in 1835 document the laying of the foundations, and the Carlisle Journal in 1836 details the installation of the boilers in April and May of that year.