Description and History of Site:-
A Very large Mill complex, within the model village created by Sir Titus Salt in the 1850s. At the time, the mill was the largest industrial building in the world by total floor area. Closed 1986, and still in the process or renovation and redevelopment. Now (2019) in mixed commercial and retail use including an art gallery. Giles & Goodall wrote: "Titus Salt's great factory, the main part built 1850-3 with later expansion. Designed by Lockwood and Mawson of Bradford in conjunction with William Fairbairn of Manchester, the original complex provided an integrated worsted mill on a massive scale. Main components were warehouse and mill (five storeys and basement, sixty bays), arranged in a T-plan, combing shed, weaving shed, offices, and power plant. Close to the mill Salt built the village of Saltaire with workers' housing, public buildings and a park. Salts dominated the speciality fibre trade and the mills were said to produce eighteen miles of alpaca cloth every day in the late 1850s. Lower part of site between canal and river developed first in the 1850s with construction of gas plant, later by construction of dyehouses and New Mill (1868), with campanile chimney. Further sheds for storage and scouring added to main site. In 20th century, replacement of gas plant by mill buildings."

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

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Address :- Victoria Road, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD18 3LA
Grid Ref :- SE 1407 3807
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.838694 , Long -1.787668
Local Authority :- City of Bradford
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II*
Historic England List No - 1133523,
Site Dates :- 1853 - 1986
Record Date :- 3 August 2016

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