Description and History of Site:-
Red brick mill of the mid C19 acquired by Peter Laycock in 1875. It become a prosperous woollen weaving and finishing mill. By 1888 it housed 79 looms and employed 160 hands. The Company moved out of Perseverance Mills in December 2000 though by that time the mills had been in use for a variety of different purposes.
Planning permission allowed (after appeal) in 2006 to demolish the mills and erect a block of student flats.
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Key Words :- woollen textile mill
Address :- Cross Chancellor Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 2TL
Grid Ref :- SE 2996 3538
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.813847 , Long -1.546463
Local Authority :- Leeds Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Site redeveloped to residential housing
Record Date :- 15 November 2019
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © Nick Nelson
Grid Ref :- SE 2996 3538
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.813847 , Long -1.546463
Local Authority :- Leeds Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Site redeveloped to residential housing
Record Date :- 15 November 2019
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © Nick Nelson