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Description and History of Site:-

Substantial six storey 21 bay spinning mill with engine house, boiler house and rather fine hexagonal chimney. Later weaving sheds. Stair tower on the south front.
Giles & Goodall wrote: "Steam-powered woollen mill, built in 1865-6. Site originally comprised only a mill of five storeys and twenty-one bays with internal engine house, boiler house, chimney, cottage and time office. Mill is of fireproof construction with double-span roof with iron trusses. Boiler house had two wool-drying rooms over, each with a perforated cast-iron floor. By 1866 a tentering place for cloth drying by machine had been added. Not known whether weaving was originally performed on site or elsewhere. After 1886 the mill was bought by a cotton spinner and three years later weaving sheds were added."

Originally leased to Ben Lockwood, woollen manufacturer, in 1865, was renamed Priestroyd Mill by 1886 and bought by Reuben Hirst & Sons, cotton spinners. By the 1950s, the mill had returned to woollen yarn spinning and operated by Fred Lawton & Son. Now (2019) part of the University of Huddersfield campus.

Further Reading and References:-

Yorkshire Textile Mills 1770-1930 Colum Giles and Ian H Goodall 1992 London HMSO.

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Address :- Firth Street, Huddersfield , West Yorkshire, HD1 3BZ
Grid Ref :- SE 1475 1609
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.641119 , Long -1.778375
Local Authority :- Kirklees Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1226503,
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to industrial / commercial use
Site Dates :- 1865 -
Contributor :- IHS Database - 3 August 2016

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