Description

SD 62 SE DARWEN (off) BOLTON ROAD

SD 693 217

4/9 India Mill Chimney
17.4.1972
GV II*

Chimney, 1867, (architect unknown) for Shorrock Brothers & Co.
Brick with ashlar base and dressings. Square section, 300 feet high,
in the style of an Italian campanile. Rests on foundation stone said to
have been the largest single block quarried since Cleopatra's Needle. Massive
base of rusticated rock-faced white stone has 3 triply-recessed round-headed
panels in the exposed sides, string course, bracketed and moulded cornice
bearing a massive set-off which forms a plinth to the chimney. The chimney
is of red brick with bands of blue and yellow brick, some with diaper
pattern, the first 2/3 of the height panelled: the neck has a bracketed
ledge on each side, round-headed blind arcading on 2 levels, and moulded
consoles to a prominent cornice which carries a stone balustrade with urn
finials at the corners; the top has round-headed blind arcading with
imposts and keystones, a very prominent cornice and a short splayed cap.
On north side of base and linked to it is low 2-storey office, on east side
is arcaded range linking chimney to engine house of India Mill (with which
it is included.q.v.) both these in matching rusticated ashlar.

Listing NGR: SD6937921710

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534228

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)