| Description | Former textile mill, built in 1818 for the brothers Thomas and Matthew Walker. Established as a small, stone built steam powered worsted spinning mill, close to the Leeds Liverpool Canal, and in its original form was a narrow building six bays long and two storeys high, which was widened shortly afterwards to its present size. It has undergone many changes and contain relatively little detailed evidence for its early history, but traces of an engine bed survive, together with the chimney. The main mill building forms part of a small complex on the south bank of the canal, with the other parts of the group being a pair of cottages, another mill building (now a dwelling) of slightly later date, and a number of general outbuildings.
Archaeological building recording work was undertaken on the main mill building by Stephen Haigh Buildings Archaeologist in April 2009 prior to the conversion of the mill into a dwelling. The finished report contains historical research, plans and section drawings of the building, as well as photographic and written recording. A copy of the report is on file at West Yorkshire HER.
NB: do not confuse with the former Bingley Brewery, also known as Dowley Gap Mill, located further west along the Leeds Liverpool Canal (PRN 8359). |