Report - West Vale Mill - West Vale - September 2017

[Mr Beady]

Having looked around it a couple of times a few years prior to the visit with no luck it was nice to finally see inside. Last time I went past the roof was off and it looked like they were demolishing it.

Established in 1850 as steam-powered worsted-spinning mill. First building, a spinning shed, no longer extant. Complex comprises six-storeyed twenty-bay pedimented mill, timber-floored over a fireproof ground floor which includes internal boiler house, attached engine houses (one for a beam engine, a later one for a vertical engine, storeyed warehouses, single and double-storeyed shed, offices, including time office, and dwellings). Mill run as worsted-spinning factory by John Maude and Co until being taken over c1897 by John Horsfall and Sons and converted to manufacture of woollen blankets.

 

[Yorrick]

Lovely looking mill.

Last time I went past the roof was off and it looked like they were demolishing it.

Shame it's going. Permission was granted to demolish it in 2016. Permission is currently being sought for Development of Use Class C2 Residential Accommodation with Care comprising of Apartments for the elderly along with associated landscaping, access roads, car parking, bin stores and services