Brownsfield Mill

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Brownsfield Mill
Brownfields Mill, Ancoats, Manchester.jpg
Cotton
LocationAncoats, Manchester
Construction
Built1825
Floor count7
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameBrownsfield Mill
Designated11 November 1988
Reference no.1207994

Brownsfield Mill, Binns Place, Great Ancoats Street, Manchester, England, is an early nineteenth century room and cotton-spinning power mill constructed in 1825.[1] Hartwell describes it as "unusually complete and well preserved."[1] The chimney is now Manchester's oldest surviving mill chimney. It is a Grade II* listed building.[2] The building housed the A.V. Roe and Company aviation factory in the early twentieth century.[3]

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  1. ^ a b Hartwell 2002, p. 284.
  2. ^ Historic England (11 November 1988). "Brownsfield Mill (Grade II*) (1207994)". National Heritage List for England.
  3. ^ "Avro & Saro Factory Sites - Brownsfield Mills". Avro Aircraft. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

References[]

  • Hartwell, Claire (2002). Pevsner Architectural Guides: Manchester. Yale University Press.


Coordinates: 53°28′56″N 2°13′44″W / 53.4821°N 2.2290°W / 53.4821; -2.2290

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