Description and History of Site:-
Mostly demolished, a Lidl now (2019) occupies part of the site. One Block, listed grade II, remains to the south of the site.

Giles & Goodall wrote: "Established in 1815 as steam-powered worsted-spinning mill. Early buildings included mill (timber-floored four storeys, eight bays with internal end engine house), warehouses on street frontage, and house. Later expansion of warehouses, addition of new mills (1852, four storeys plus basement and attic, twenty-four bays, timber-floored, projecting privy tower designed by W Metcalf of Bradford; c1870, six storeys, seventeen bays, fireproof); and construction of combing sheds (1864, by Milnes and France of Bradford, replacing earlier provision for combing. Mill of c1870 shows evolution of transmission system from upright shaft In shaft tower to rope race. Late 19th-century partial conversion to room and power mill."

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

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Key Words :- textile mill

Address :- Barkerend Road, Bradford , West Yorkshire, BD3 9BN
Grid Ref :- SE 1743 3333
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.795989 , Long -1.736875
Local Authority :- City of Bradford
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Site Condition :- Site derelict - some buildings remaining
Site Dates :- 1815 -
Record Date :- 3 August 2016

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