I don't know much about this place, and haven't been able to find anything on the web other than that it was started at the end of the 18th / beginning of the 19th century, and it's condition is currently described by the local council as 'ruinous', which is pretty accurate assessment!
It appears to have suffered a catastrophic fire at some undetermined point in the past, and has since just been left to rot. There's even some machinery left on site, possibly becuase it'd be too dangerous / difficult to remove it - witness the carding engine suspended in mid air between the beams! Access is appallingly easy, which is surprising considering the condition of the place - one of the cast iron pillars on the ground floor is several degrees away from the vertical and is carrying a large chunk of the first floor - sooner or later it's gonna give way and I wouldn't want to be in when that gives!
It appears to have suffered a catastrophic fire at some undetermined point in the past, and has since just been left to rot. There's even some machinery left on site, possibly becuase it'd be too dangerous / difficult to remove it - witness the carding engine suspended in mid air between the beams! Access is appallingly easy, which is surprising considering the condition of the place - one of the cast iron pillars on the ground floor is several degrees away from the vertical and is carrying a large chunk of the first floor - sooner or later it's gonna give way and I wouldn't want to be in when that gives!
