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  • Western No.2 Mill (Also known as Eckersley's Mills)
Grade II

Western No.2 Mill (Also known as Eckersley's Mills)

Swan Meadow Road, Wigan

Listed Date: 13/07/1994
Part of Group: Yes 4 oth
At Risk: Yes
Historic England Ref: 306 (Link)

Description

Integrated cotton mill comprising spinning block with associated boiler house, engine house and chimney, and winding and beaming rooms (former weaving shed demolished); now mostly in multiple occupation as business units, and winding and beaming rooms latterly used as clothing factory. Dated 1888; by AH Stott & Sons, for Farington Eckersley & Co.Ltd.; altered. SPINNING BLOCK of common brick in English garden wall bond, with sandstone dressings (roof concealed but probably asphalt). Large rectangular plan on east-west axis with projected turret on north side containing entrance (large C20 addition in left angle of this). 4 storeys, 20:4:1:8 windows; with panelled corner pilasters terminating in dentilled cornices, coped parapet, and stepped upstand to turret inscribed "1888".

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Courtesy of Ron Hunt and wiganworld, lots of images of the Mills, the workers, and memories - Link

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More images from an illegal visit - Link

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