Brownsfield Mill

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

Brownsfield Mill, located on Binns Place, Great Ancoats Street in Manchester, England, is an early 19th 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. The building housed the A.V. Roe and Company aviation factory in the early 20th century. [2] In 1988, it was designated a Grade II* listed building. [3]

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

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