Meadow Mill

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Meadow Mill
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Meadow Mill from the car park of Tesco in 2007
Meadow Mill
General information
Type Cotton mill
LocationWater Street, Portwood, Stockport, Greater Manchester
Country United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°25′04″N2°09′09″W / 53.4177°N 2.1524°W / 53.4177; -2.1524
Openedc.1880 [1]
Renovated2021
Renovation cost£15 million [2]
OwnerMajdiah Residence
Technical details
Floor count7
Renovating team
Architect(s)Howard & Seddon
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameMeadow Mill including the tall wing to the south west
Designated10 March 1975
Reference no. 1356846

Meadow Mill is a historic cotton mill in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is located on the south bank of the River Tame opposite a Tesco Extra supermarket and the M60 motorway. The seven-storey building was built in c.1880 for the spinning of cotton and wool by T & J Leigh Ltd, designated as a Grade II listed building in 1975, and redeveloped into 200 apartments with a mixed-use ground floor in 2021.

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History

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Detail of the central area of this large symmetrical mill during a period of 1980s dereliction
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Old newspaper clipping with view of Meadow Mill

Stockport was a major centre of textile manufacture, particularly cotton spinning and hat making from the Industrial Revolution until the 20th century. The cotton and worsted spinners Thomas and James Leigh, who were operating the Beehive and Hope Mills (now replaced by the motorway and Tesco) in Portwood by 1872, [3] constructed Meadow Mill during the 1870s. [4] By 1914, it contained 120,000 spindles. [5] In 1960 the firm of T & J Leigh ceased trading, but a new company continued to spin carpet and worsted yarn until 1969. [3]

On 10 March 1975, the mill was given a Grade II listing by Historic England as a structure of special architectural or historic interest. [6] It was converted into industrial units for multiple businesses, including furniture stores, wood workshops and gyms, but by the 2010s almost half of the giant mill had become unused through lack of demand or because of deteriorating condition. It was sold to the London-based developer William George Homes in 2016 for £2.5 million, and plans drawn up for residential redevelopment, with planning approved by Stockport Council in 2017. [7]

The following year, Majdiah Residence, a company based in Saudi Arabia, bought the mill and began work on the approved conversion and renovation scheme, which includes 213 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as 24,000 sq ft (2,200 m2) of leisure and commercial space; a further 2,000 sq ft (190 m2) is allocated for restaurant use. The works were completed by May 2021. [2]

Description

Meadow Mill has a front elevation of seven storeys, including the basement, and a width of 41 bays. It is constructed of red brick, with the basement in blue brick below a stone band. The first and second floors are arcaded. The top floor has paired windows with round arched heads and column mullions, with a stone parapet and brick arcaded bracket cornice above. The more ornamental central four bays have stone dressings to the windows, and outer two slightly protrude; first and second floor arcades have round-headed, stone, carved capitals. [6] The mill's interior structure is cast-iron lengthwise and crosswise beams with brick arches - known as fireproof construction. [5] It is surrounded by a factory chimney to the rear and a single-storey gatehouse. Historic England has called Meadow Mill "a good example of its period". [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Meadow Mill brochure" (PDF). O'Connor Bowden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 Whelan, Dan (28 July 2020). "Majdiah pushes ahead with £15m Stockport mill conversion". Place North West. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 "'Beaconsfield', the Leighs, and the Mormon Church". Friends of Davenport Station. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Thomas and James Leigh". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. 1 2 Ashmore, Owen (1982). The industrial archaeology of north-west England. Manchester University Press. p. 141. ISBN   9780719008207.
  6. 1 2 3 Historic England. "Meadow Mill including the tall wing to the south west (Grade II) (1356846)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Smithers, Dominic (22 October 2017). "Mill which is set to be transformed into flats goes on market for £7m". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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