This 104,000 sq m listed building was designed by Fred Dixon of Oldham and constructed for the Tulketh Spinning Company in 1905. The main five storey building is rectangular and flat roofed. It is constructed of almost six million machine made Accrington red bricks, with decorative bands of yellow bricks.

The mill was built in 42 x 13 bays. This provides natural illumination via fenestration, in the manner of the later cotton spinning mills. Internally, the floors are supported from cast iron columns by steel beam, with concrete flooring for maximum fire protection.

The six bay engine house is situated adjacent to the east wall, near the southeast corner of the main building. The last of the internal machinery was removed for scrap during the 1960s. Near the southwest corner of the main building there is single storey office, and an ornate seven-storey water tower. The tower is surmounted by an octagonal high pitched slate roof with an octagonal dome and finial top.

Formerly used by Tyco International as a warehouse, the mill was restored by Williams Tarr for £6m in 2007. It is now used as a mail order and catalogue distribution call centre, as well as housing a private company hotel for staff attending training courses.

Research: PD and AJD

"A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Lancashire"
by Michael Nevell and David George
Association for Industrial Archaeology, Annual Conference, Preston, 2007

"The Industrial Archaeology of Lancashire" by Owen Ashmore
David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1969

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