Taken from aDarkerTrantor website;
History on this place, like many mills is rather patchy, however my understanding from various tips to the library is that a mill has existed on the site for the best part of 150years. The site was bought by William Hollins in the 1890 who occupied the existing buildings and set up a spinning Mill. The mill can be described as having 3 parts:The oldest middle part, built before 1860s, the later rear extension built in the 1890s and the ‘newest’ front part built in the 1900s. There is evidence of the earlier works (Middle part, which I believe was a metal works) on the site, including a mid 1850s-60s central building constructed with bricks, few iron columns and solid wooden beams with a spiral staircase.
In the early 1900s the mill was expanded greatly with the addition of the ‘front building’ which was constructed in red terracotta tiles, with bands of yellow and carved stone embellishments by the same architect who designed Goyt Mill in Marple and Coppull Mill in Chorley. I believe the architects were Joseph Stott and Son, however this information is based solely upon looks. Joseph Stott and Son were responsible for numerous very large cotton mills, mainly around Manchester between the 1890s and 1900s. Radford Mill could possible be the younger smaller sister of many of these famous mills.
Think it may of been converted now?! Thanks again for showing me around Layz, miss our explores!
History on this place, like many mills is rather patchy, however my understanding from various tips to the library is that a mill has existed on the site for the best part of 150years. The site was bought by William Hollins in the 1890 who occupied the existing buildings and set up a spinning Mill. The mill can be described as having 3 parts:The oldest middle part, built before 1860s, the later rear extension built in the 1890s and the ‘newest’ front part built in the 1900s. There is evidence of the earlier works (Middle part, which I believe was a metal works) on the site, including a mid 1850s-60s central building constructed with bricks, few iron columns and solid wooden beams with a spiral staircase.
In the early 1900s the mill was expanded greatly with the addition of the ‘front building’ which was constructed in red terracotta tiles, with bands of yellow and carved stone embellishments by the same architect who designed Goyt Mill in Marple and Coppull Mill in Chorley. I believe the architects were Joseph Stott and Son, however this information is based solely upon looks. Joseph Stott and Son were responsible for numerous very large cotton mills, mainly around Manchester between the 1890s and 1900s. Radford Mill could possible be the younger smaller sister of many of these famous mills.
Think it may of been converted now?! Thanks again for showing me around Layz, miss our explores!
