Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8598 SPECTATOR STREET
698-1/17/543 (North West side)
Beswick And Clayton
Spectator Mill

GV II

Silk mill, now various workshops. Early to mid C19; altered.
Brown brick (now rendered at ground floor) with some sandstone
dressings (roof not visible). Rectangular plan with projecting
stair-turret at south-east corner and projecting tower (dust
flue?) near west end. Six storeys and 7 windows, with tower
between 2nd and 3rd; round-headed doorway in re-entrant wall
of stair-turret, otherwise most ground-floor openings altered;
segmental-headed windows with raised sills; narrow rectangular
full-height tower between 2nd and 3rd windows, with
diamond-pattern breathers (as found in agricultural buildings)
on 4 levels. Interior not inspected. Forms part of impressive
and evocative group of former mill buildings lining Ashton
Canal in this locality.

Listing NGR: SJ8576098563

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560703

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version