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Turnbridge Mills
Key Words :- Mill cotton woollen textile
Address :- Quay Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 6QT
Grid Ref :- SE 14942 16846
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.647908 , Long -1.775435
Local Authority :- Kirklees Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1231214, 1409815,
Site Condition :- Site in alternative industrial use
Site Dates :- 1846 -
Description and History of Site:-
Stone mill of 1846, 7 storeys. 11 bays. Later mill adjacent built 1872, chimney of later mill separately listed (1409815).
Described in 1890 sales particulars as: 6 storey woollen mill occupied J.Kaye & Co/ Read Holliday & Sons/Shaw & Co./Sam Wood/et.al.: 7 storey, 38 by 18 yards, fireproof, flagged floors, frontage to quay street, connected by gangway to third storey of woollen mill 80hp beam engine, 26 foot flywheel 50 yard octagonal chimney, 6 foot draught, 3 storey willying room and 2 storey warehouse. (Ref. below)
Currently (2019) in mixed commercial and leisure uses.
Built as a fireproof cotton mill and probably let on a room and power basis.
Discover Huddersfield Textile Trail:
A Grade II listed textile mill (from 1846) and one of the very few still producing textiles. The mill was originally tenanted by various companies and trades. The present owners J L Brierley Ltd took ownership of the mill in 1895. The firm has faced many challenges: two world wars, economic slumps, the general strike to name a few. It has adapted and diversified and remains a thriving business.
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Discover Huddersfield Textile Trail
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Grid Ref :- SE 14942 16846
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.647908 , Long -1.775435
Local Authority :- Kirklees Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1231214, 1409815,
Site Condition :- Site in alternative industrial use
Site Dates :- 1846 -
Stone mill of 1846, 7 storeys. 11 bays. Later mill adjacent built 1872, chimney of later mill separately listed (1409815).
Described in 1890 sales particulars as: 6 storey woollen mill occupied J.Kaye & Co/ Read Holliday & Sons/Shaw & Co./Sam Wood/et.al.: 7 storey, 38 by 18 yards, fireproof, flagged floors, frontage to quay street, connected by gangway to third storey of woollen mill 80hp beam engine, 26 foot flywheel 50 yard octagonal chimney, 6 foot draught, 3 storey willying room and 2 storey warehouse. (Ref. below)
Currently (2019) in mixed commercial and leisure uses.
Built as a fireproof cotton mill and probably let on a room and power basis.
Discover Huddersfield Textile Trail:
A Grade II listed textile mill (from 1846) and one of the very few still producing textiles. The mill was originally tenanted by various companies and trades. The present owners J L Brierley Ltd took ownership of the mill in 1895. The firm has faced many challenges: two world wars, economic slumps, the general strike to name a few. It has adapted and diversified and remains a thriving business.
https://undergroundhistories.wordpress.com/a-catalogue-of-the-textile-mills-and-factories-of-the-huddersfield-area-c-1790-1914-part-three/
Discover Huddersfield Textile Trail
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