Barnfield No 6 Mill Tyldesley Wigan

Barnfield No 6 Mill, designed by Bradshaw Gass & Hope was constructed in 1894. The brick-built mill was internally approximately 65 metres wide by 40 metres deep. It had ten bays with a large rectangular window in each bay. It was six storeys high with a water tower topped with a copper dome at its south west corner. The tower contained a tank for the mill's sprinkler system. Its roof had multiple ridges corresponding to the bays and was covered with slates. When built, No 6 Mill was at the leading edge of mill design, its concrete floors were supported by steel beams and the supporting cast iron columns were encased in concrete. The mill had a dust flue in the form of an Italianate tower incorporated in the rope race. The mill had an ornamental single-storey office block fronting onto Shuttle Street.

Reference           Cotton Mills in Greater Manchester