Whitworth Bros Flour Mill
A former flour mill on the bank of the river Nene in the Fletton Quays area of Peterborough city centre which dates back to 1848 and was originally a steam powered mill, with a total of 10 pairs of grinding stones. From 1856 the mill was used by Cadge & Coleman who were acquired by Whitworth Bros in 1936. Cadge & Coleman ceased trading in 1987 but the mill was still used by Whitworth Bros for storage until they moved to newer premises in 2010. After Whitworth Bros vacated the site, it was purchased by the council with several more modern buildings, silos and offices being demolished in 2016. The council sold the site for redevelopment in 2019 and it is currently owned by Surrey-based property developers Lioncross Whitworth.
View from the far side of the Nene - the tunnel in the middle was for unloading grain as it was transported to the mill via barge until the 1960s.
Nothing inside unfortunately apart from pigeons and large voids in the floors and ceilings where pipes would have been. The wooden floors made some fantastic creaking noises when you walked over them.
The mill has obviously had some crap modern roof put on it at some point, but up on the top floor the original roof trusses could still be seen.
View over the Nene
Down in the basement level, this bricked up tunnel would've been for unloading grain from barges
I had a look in the neighbouring former Goods Shed too which is also sat awaiting redevelopment. This was originally part of Peterborough East railway station which was opened in 1845 and operated until 1970. A company called Corby Pallets seem to have been the last inhabitants of the building.
Be interested to hear if anyone had a look at this pre-demolition, before the strip-out and when the rest of the site was still intact.
A former flour mill on the bank of the river Nene in the Fletton Quays area of Peterborough city centre which dates back to 1848 and was originally a steam powered mill, with a total of 10 pairs of grinding stones. From 1856 the mill was used by Cadge & Coleman who were acquired by Whitworth Bros in 1936. Cadge & Coleman ceased trading in 1987 but the mill was still used by Whitworth Bros for storage until they moved to newer premises in 2010. After Whitworth Bros vacated the site, it was purchased by the council with several more modern buildings, silos and offices being demolished in 2016. The council sold the site for redevelopment in 2019 and it is currently owned by Surrey-based property developers Lioncross Whitworth.
View from the far side of the Nene - the tunnel in the middle was for unloading grain as it was transported to the mill via barge until the 1960s.
Nothing inside unfortunately apart from pigeons and large voids in the floors and ceilings where pipes would have been. The wooden floors made some fantastic creaking noises when you walked over them.
The mill has obviously had some crap modern roof put on it at some point, but up on the top floor the original roof trusses could still be seen.
View over the Nene
Down in the basement level, this bricked up tunnel would've been for unloading grain from barges
I had a look in the neighbouring former Goods Shed too which is also sat awaiting redevelopment. This was originally part of Peterborough East railway station which was opened in 1845 and operated until 1970. A company called Corby Pallets seem to have been the last inhabitants of the building.
Be interested to hear if anyone had a look at this pre-demolition, before the strip-out and when the rest of the site was still intact.
