Description and History of Site:-
Long sloping weir alongside mill. Wide mill. Chimney stack on river end gable also small addition but wheel was interior under end bay. Seven uniform bays 1 either added or altered. Stone and slate. Two storeys better stone larger pieces. Monolithic lintels and sills. Vertical rectangular windows on ground floor smaller square ones on 1st floor. Also long brick and slate rope race. Brick columns support wooden wall plates taking room. Openings filled with timber slats. Columns inside the mill have been removed from ground floor because they supported machinery not the mill and were scrapped with the machinery. Iron hangers in place on first floor. High mill may have been demolished to build this one. Built by Henry Kirkby & Sons in the late 1840s for manufacturing bobbins. Was still described as a 'Saw Mill' on the OS mapping of 1890. By the end of C19 a rope walk had been created, for rope making, and the mill was named Nidd Valley Twine Works.

Further Reading and References:-
YAHS - Hatcher Card Index. Research funded by the Yorkshire Arts Association 1972.
Hatcher, J. The Industrial Architecture of Yorkshire. Phillimore, 1985.
Stark, A. Echos of Hartwith's Industrial Past. Hartwith Heritage Group, 2012.

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Key Words :- watermill textiles hemp bobbins rope steam twine

Viewing the Site :- No public access, now private house; can be viewed from public road

Address :- Summerbridge, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 4DD
Grid Ref :- SE 18910 63558
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.067617 , Long -1.712548
Local Authority :- Harrogate Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing
Site Dates :- 1840s -
Record Date :- 5 June 2015

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