Visited with CCM
Rawson's Mill/Worsted mill built 1825-28 for James Ackroyd, and acquired by the Rawson family in 1836.
This building is listed because it is the oldest and largest surviving example of a multi-storey, steam-powered, iron-framed textile mill in the important textile centre of Halifax, it is probably also the best preserved example for its date in Yorkshire.
The engine house occupies the full width of the mill, at the west end, with panelled reveal to the window and a decorative plaster ceiling. A large semi-circular recess once housed the large flywheel.
Then we found...........CULVERTS
Finally, the ceiling rose & weird objects we found in the grounds
Rawson's Mill/Worsted mill built 1825-28 for James Ackroyd, and acquired by the Rawson family in 1836.
This building is listed because it is the oldest and largest surviving example of a multi-storey, steam-powered, iron-framed textile mill in the important textile centre of Halifax, it is probably also the best preserved example for its date in Yorkshire.
The engine house occupies the full width of the mill, at the west end, with panelled reveal to the window and a decorative plaster ceiling. A large semi-circular recess once housed the large flywheel.
Then we found...........CULVERTS
Finally, the ceiling rose & weird objects we found in the grounds
